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Home Dictionary Name: status quo Page: 2Restitutio in integrum
Restitutio in integrum, the rescinding of a contract or transaction, so as to place the parties to it in the same position, with respect to one another, which they occupied before the contract was made, or the transaction took place. The restitutio here spoken of is founded on the edict. If the contract or transaction is such as not to be valid, according to the jus civile this restitutio is not needed, and it only applies to cases of contracts and transactions, which are not in their nature or form invalid. In order to entitle a person to the restitutio, he must have sustained some injury capable of being estimated, in consequence of the contract or transaction, and not through any fault of his own, except in the case of one who is minor xxv. Annorum, who was protected by the restitutio against the consequences of his own carelessness.The following are the chief cases in which a restitutio might be decreed:-The case of vis et metus. When a man had acted under the influence of force or...
Temporary restraining order
Temporary restraining order, means a court order preserving the status-quo until a litigant's applica-tion for a preliminary or permanent injunction can be heard, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1477...
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