Hypertext Webster Gateway: "respondent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
respondent
adj : replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile" [syn:
{answering}]
n 1: the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is
accused of adultery with the corespondent
2: someone who responds [syn: {responder}, {answerer}]
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