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Definitions for co-respondent
co-re·spon·dent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corespondent, co-respondentnoun

    the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding

Wikipedia

  1. Co-respondent

    In English law, a co-respondent is, in general, a respondent to a petition, or other legal proceeding, along with another or others, or a person called upon to answer in some other way.

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  1. co-respondent

    A co-respondent is a term used in legal contexts to refer to a person who is called upon to answer a lawsuit or charge along with another individual. This term is often used in divorce cases, referring to the person with whom the spouse is accused of committing adultery. In other words, a person who is named as a defendant in a lawsuit along with the main defendant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Co-respondentnoun

    one who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another

Wikidata

  1. Co-respondent

    In English law, a co-respondent is, in general, a respondent to a petition, or other legal proceeding, along with another or others, or a person called upon to answer in some other way.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Co-respondent

    kō-re-spond′ent, n. (law) a man charged with adultery, and proceeded against along with the wife, who is the respondent.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of co-respondent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of co-respondent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of co-respondent in a Sentence

  1. The British government:

    The right to institute a judicial action is constitutionally guaranteed one and right to fair hearing of a respondent is equally tolerated constitutionally. The right to determination of the dispute as presented by the contending parties is the exclusive responsibility of the judiciary.

  2. Greg Ellis:

    It is exceedingly rare for someone who is tagged as the respondent who has been put in the crosshairs with the false allegation of domestic violence — the silver bullet — to come out and get any kind of semblance of a victory, let alone have a voice, so, the fact that he was able to speak for the first time, and I think we saw from the trial as well, his humanity and the spirit and gentle nature of the man. He was consistent and only took responsibility for his faults and the mistakes that he made. He's never said he's perfect.

  3. Perry Stimpson:

    I'm trying to paint a picture of the bank at the time and why my actions were normal across the industry and at the respondent (Citi) ... It shows the information-sharing practices that I have been criticised for was a common practice.

  4. Elizabeth Matherne:

    The respondent's father has been taking care of six children on his own, he's diabetic, and he has heart problems. He's exhausted his savings.

  5. Thiruman Archunan:

    In the court of reason man is always a claimant and God is always a respondent. The original intention of the reason for creation of God is to make Him as a respondent as and when the need arises. Hence when a man is in trouble his reason tries to save him by acting as an arbitrator; the reason sitting as sole judge asks the man for his claims and makes the God to respond.


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