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Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005467

A preposition meaning "against," used to separate the names of the opposing parties in the official title of a court case. It indicates the adversarial nature of the legal proceeding, with the plaintiff's name appearing before the word and the defendant's name after. The term is commonly abbreviated as "v." in written case citations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005467
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005467",
  "term": "Versus",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A preposition meaning \"against,\" used to separate the names of the opposing parties in the official title of a court case. It indicates the adversarial nature of the legal proceeding, with the plaintiff's name appearing before the word and the defendant's name after. The term is commonly abbreviated as \"v.\" in written case citations.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/versus/"
}

Record 5,281 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.