versusprep.
/ˈvəːsəs/, U.S. /ˈvərsəs/ Against; employed in Law to denote an action by one party against another. Also transferred. Frequently abbreviated v. (also ver., vs.).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [preposition] > against
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v.1738
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in opposition to [preposition]
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1447–8 J. Shillingford Lett. (Camden) 53 Also the jugement by twene..John Husset versus John Notte.
1451 J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 75 I send yow þe scire facias for Osbern and Foke versus Heydon and Wyndam.
1621 Debates Ho. Lords (Camden) 26 Suyt per Fowles in the Starr-chamber versus Lake and others.
1744 J. Comyns Rep. Cases 634 Wallis ver. Pain and Underhill.
1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 19 I am engaged in a famous case,—the cause of King, of Scarborough, versus the mob that broke into his house.
1823 W. Scott Peveril I. Pref. Ep. p. xxx She may sue me for damages, as in the case Dido versus Virgil.
1839 T. De Quincey Dinner in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 820/2 Generally such a person is ‘rather yellow, rather yellow’, (to quote Canning versus Lord Durham).
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. ii. 38 The old battle-ground of free will versus necessity.
1894 Outing Feb. 397/2 The Rambler vs. the Lumberman; an indictment for the larceny of a path.
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