Australian English Meaning of respondent
defendant
Other Australian English words related to defendant
Nearest Words of respondent
Definitions and Meaning of respondent in English
respondent (n)
the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent
someone who responds
respondent (s)
replying
respondent (a.)
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
respondent (n.)
One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
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.
One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.
FAQs About the word respondent
defendant
the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent, someone who responds, replyingDisposed or expected to res
interviewee,answerer,informant,pollee,respondent,witness,replier,reporter ,witness
canvasser,interviewer,pollster,soldier,enquirer,pollster,questioner,questioner,canvasser,querier
respondency => responsivity, respondence => correspondence, responded => answered, respond => respond, resplit => resplit,
