Hypertext Webster Gateway: "versus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Versus \Ver"sus\, prep. [L., toward, turned in the direction of,
from vertere, versum, to turn. See {Verse}.]
Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in
legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
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