Status quo ante

Status quo ante is Latin for "the way things were before" and incorporates the term status quo. In law, it refers to the objective of a temporary restraining order or a rescission in which the situation is restored to "the state in which previously" it existed. It may also refer to:

• Reset button technique, a technique in fiction writing
• Status quo ante bellum, "the way things were before the war"
• Status Quo Ante Synagogue in Trnava