Also known as: versus · v. · vs.
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An adjective of Latin origin meaning true, truthful, genuine, or actual.
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Victoria Vernon signed a written offer to sell land to Valdez Steel before any acceptance occurred. Later the parties formed an oral contract on the same terms. The signed offer served as the verus memorandum that satisfied the statute even though it predated formation.
Veronica Varela sued in federal court under diversity jurisdiction after an accident in State B. The court applied the verus substantive rule of State B rather than a general federal common law approach.
Vance Vogel challenged a state ban on contraceptive counseling. The court recognized a verus fundamental right of privacy that protected married couples from such restrictions.
Valerie Viera owned Grand Central Terminal and objected to restrictions on development. The court examined whether the verus economic impact constituted a taking under the relevant constitutional test.
Veronica Villanueva purchased property subject to a racially restrictive covenant. The court refused to enforce the covenant because doing so would constitute verus state action violating equal protection.
Vincent Valdez published an article about a public official. The court required proof of actual malice before liability could attach, protecting the verus exercise of press freedoms.
It signifies that a document, statement, or fact is true, genuine, or actual rather than fabricated or mistaken.
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