Definition of Ad Sectam

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ad sectam
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    At the suit of. Abbreviated “ads.”

  • Ad Sectam
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    At the suit of. Commonly abbreviated to ads. Used in entering and indexing the names of cases, where it is desired that the name of the defendant should come first. Thus, "B. ads. A." indicates that B. is defendant in an action brought by A., and the title so written would be an inversion of the more usual form "A. v. B."