Against

Adverse or in opposition to. The meaning of the word varies according to the context; State v. Prather, 54 Ind. 03. To marry "'against one's consent" means without the consent; 2 Sim. & Stu. 179; 2 Vern. 572. A verdict in disobedience of the instructions of the court upon a point of law is a verdict "against the law"; Declez v. Save, 71 Cal. 552, 12 Pac. 722; Bunten v. Ins. Co., 4 Bosw. (N. Y.) 254. A statute providing that in an action by an administrator "neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other," or as to transactions with the deceased, does not pre elude either party from being called to testify for the other; Dudley v. Steele, 71 Ala. 423. AGAINST THE FORM OF THE STAT in framing an indictment for a breach of the statute prohibiting the act complained of. The Latin phrase is contra formam statuti, g. v.