ad sectam

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ad sectam - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  AD SECTAM. At the suit of, commonly abbreviated ads. It is usual in filing
  pleas, and other papers, for a defendant, instead of putting the name of the
  plaintiff first, as Peter v. Paul to put his own first, and instead of v. to
  put ads., as Paul ads. Peter.