status quo
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 396 U.S. 142 - Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Company v. United Transportation Union · 1969Most cited · 1,063 citing opinions
The obligation of both parties during a period in which any of these status quo provisions is properly invoked is to preserve and maintain unchanged those actual, objective working conditions and practices, broadly conceived, which were in effect prior to the time the pending dispute arose and which are involved in or related to that dispute.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The existing state of things at any given date.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The existing state of things at any given date. Status quo ante bellum, the state of things bsfore the war.
Defined under Status in Black's Law Dictionary.