Upright and in effect — what remains true until changed by the word that made it; a law's, or a lamp's, present state.
Old English standan (to stand), from Proto-Germanic *standan; the present participle names what is still on its feet, true until the word that raised it is undone.
Upright and in effect until changed by the word that made it so. A state kept only by not yet having been undone.