"statu quo" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "On Jan. 19, Packard telegraphed to USG. “I have this a m Sent Gen Augur information of the capture during last night by the nichols party of the State library and arrest of officers guarding Same Gen Nichols is also appointing officers who are taking possession of the offices in the parishes which seems to be in violation of your orders to have the Statu quo preserved” Telegram received (at 3:50 p.m.), DNA, RG 60, Letters from the President. / On Jan. 21, Pitkin wrote to USG. “I have respectfully to call your attention to a new and serious project of the Nicholls party to interrupt the statu quo in Louisiana, despite the telegram of the Secretary of War on the 16th inst. conveying to Gen. Augur the wish of the President to maintain the present status until the La. Congressional committees shall have reported.[…]”",
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          "text": "This was, indeed, a concession on the part of the constable, who was over-weighted with the dignity of the law which he upheld. / “Would’st be at my command,” he continued, “to execute the King’s Statu quos on rogues?”",
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          "text": "These arguments will be based on the rule of law: secession is ruled out because the law does not contemplate it, and if the argument from democracy were to be stretched so far as to contemplate the right to decide as a matter of principle, it would be ruled out because no procedure is available. In other words, statu quo is presented as an absolute impediment. […] what further arguments can state e provide to prevent people p from pursuing the secessionist agenda and force them to remain as part of state e; in other words, “How does a state preserve the statu quo?”",
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          "text": "On Jan. 19, Packard telegraphed to USG. “I have this a m Sent Gen Augur information of the capture during last night by the nichols party of the State library and arrest of officers guarding Same Gen Nichols is also appointing officers who are taking possession of the offices in the parishes which seems to be in violation of your orders to have the Statu quo preserved” Telegram received (at 3:50 p.m.), DNA, RG 60, Letters from the President. / On Jan. 21, Pitkin wrote to USG. “I have respectfully to call your attention to a new and serious project of the Nicholls party to interrupt the statu quo in Louisiana, despite the telegram of the Secretary of War on the 16th inst. conveying to Gen. Augur the wish of the President to maintain the present status until the La. Congressional committees shall have reported.[…]”",
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