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respondent

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  respondent 
  adj  :  replying;  "an  answering  glance";  "an  answering  smile"  [syn: 
  {answering}] 
  n  1:  someone  who  responds  [syn:  {responder},  {answerer}] 
  2:  the  defendant  (especially  in  a  divorce  proceeding  who  is 
  accused  of  adultery  with  the  corespondent)




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