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Adverseness

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ad·verse  (d-vûrs, dvûrs)
adj.
1. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic: adverse criticism.
2. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable: adverse circumstances.
3. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction: adverse currents.
4. Archaic Placed opposite.

[Middle English, from Old French advers, from Latin adversus, past participle of advertere, to turn toward : ad-, ad- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

ad·versely adv.
ad·verseness n.


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62) In that statement, Justice Powell highlighted several of the same general purposes as standing law, including adverseness, concreteness, and the separation of powers.
Carr, for example, the Court said that "the gist of the question of standing" is whether "the appellants [have] alleged such a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy as to assure that concrete adverseness which sharpens the presentation of issues upon which the court so largely depends for illumination of difficult constitutional questions.
24) At bottom, standing ensures that the petitioners have "such a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy as to assure that concrete adverseness which sharpens the presentation of issues upon which the court so largely depends for illumination.
 
 
 
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