rebus sic stantibus

[ ree-buhs sik stan-tuh-buhs ]

adverb

, International Law.

1. (of the duration of the binding force treaty) for as long as the relevant facts and circumstances remain basically the same.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rebus sic stantibus¹

First recorded in 1840–50, rebus sic stantibus is from Latin rēbus sīc stantibus “with things remaining thus”

Example Sentences

On the other hand, all agree in regard to many cases in which the clause rebus sic stantibus could justly be made use of.

From Project Gutenberg

Rebus sic stantibus, what's the use of talking about quantitative and accentual verse, as if they were really two kinds of verse?

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The reservatio mentalis, too, of "rebus sic stantibus" is an unwarrantable and wicked reservation.

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Every treaty or promise made by a state, Treitschke holds, is to be understood as limited by the proviso rebus sic stantibus. '

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Again, Bernhardi makes play with the proviso rebus sic stantibus; and this, curiously enough, he does in reference to Belgium.

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