in adversum

in adversum (in ad-v[schwa]r-s[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Against an adverse party.

“Where a decree is obtained against one who resists, it is termed ‘a decree not by consent but in adversum.’ ” 1 John Bouvier, Bouvier’s Law Dictionary 1518 (8th ed. 1914).

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