Versus
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Against.
This word is much used in entitling suits, to separate the names of the plaintiffs or complainants from those of the defendants. It is usually abbreviated vs. or v., and is said to be a contraction of adversus.