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

Respondent \Re*spond"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of
   respondere.]
   Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according;
   corresponding.
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         Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.
                                                  --Bacon.
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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.
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RESPONDENT, practice. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other 
proceeding in chancery. In the civil law, this term signifies one who 
answers or is security for another; a fidejussor. Dig. 2, 8, 6.