Ad Sectam
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
At the suit of. Commonly abbreviated to ads. Used in entering and indexing the names of eases, where it is desired that the name of the defendant should come first. Thus, “B. ads. A.” indicates that 1. is defendant in an action brought by A., and the title so written would be an inversion of the more usual form “A. o B.” Au affidavit of merits, on the same paper with the pleas, by a defendant, entitled “C. D. ads. A. B.,” is the same in law as if entitled “A. B. ©. C. D.,” and is properly entitled, and it is error to strike the pleas from the files as for want of a sufficient affidavit. uO ILL.
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