the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent
<noun.person>
someone who responds
<noun.person> [ adj ]
replying
<adj.all> an answering glance an answering smile
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.] Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. --Bacon.
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]pondant.] One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: (a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant. (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent. --I. Watts.
Kathie Huff, a respondent in the Journal survey from Spokane, Wash., says her husband is adamant about eating only Hunt's ketchup.
He agreed to be fined a total of $5,000, for which he, his employer and another respondent are jointly and individually responsible, and suspended from association with any NASD member for four business days.
The panel said the outing was "related to the respondent's health."
Each respondent was asked if he knew an acquaintance who had AIDS.
Gallup spokesman Bob Wybrow said that if a respondent associated the Mandela name with South Africa, or went further, that counted as identification.
A reporter isn't allowed in on the two-hour session, but when it is over, the respondent gladly responds all over again.
The respondent then called police, said Detective Sgt. Daniel Severin.