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Definition of Respondent
1. Adjective. Replying. "An answering smile"
2. Noun. The codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent.
3. Noun. Someone who responds.
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Assenter, Equivocator, Hedger, Tergiversator, Interviewee, Examinee, Testee
Derivative terms: Answer, Respond, Respond, Respond, Respond, Respond
Definition of Respondent
1. a. Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
2. n. One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
Definition of Respondent
1. Noun. (legal) person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent. ¹
2. Noun. One who responds. See also correspondent. ¹
3. Noun. Person that participates in research involving questionnaires. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Respondent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respondent
Literary usage of Respondent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"On Ute date at which the writ was made returnable the respondent appeared and
filed her answer to the petition. In her answer Mrs. "Rourke admitted that the ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Edward M. Surber and Thomas A. Bled- soe, both of Charleston, W. Va., for respondent.
Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"When it was brought to the attention of respondent's officers, having authority
to control the subject, such interchange was stopped at said point, ..."
4. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"MITCHELL. contains a large ring or area in which the respondent sells, and stalle
for the accommo- .1 mon of about 100 head of cattle. ..."
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