Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In law, a joint respondent, or one proceeded against along with another or others in an action; specifically, in Eng, law, a man charged with adultery, and made a party together with the wife to the husband's suit for divorce.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding
- n. the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding
Examples
“She includes colorful tidbits about these figures, including the octogenarian Palmerston, who in 1863 was named as a co-respondent in a divorce suit brought by one Tom O'Kane against his wife.”
“Not long after, Wellcome sued for divorce, naming Maugham as co-respondent.”
“If the wife was accused of adultery, the party with whom she committed this “criminal act” was the “co-respondent.””
“The fictional hero was cited as a co-respondent in divorce cases by men who failed to live up to his standards.”
“He charged Caron with adultery and named Beatty as a co-respondent.”
“The minister, cited as a co-respondent, had opposed the application.”
“Husbands are divorcing their wives, naming Noor's fictional husband as co-respondent.”
“—Henry Adams of Washington, D.C. as ‘co-respondent,’ and your house as the locum in quo will sound good!”
“For some the satisfaction is the smile, but if a co-respondent went the extra mile, moved to consummate the greeting in embrace, could you stand the change of pace?”
“This is is Jack Favell, one of the Rebecca's lovers, and he is clearly a bounder because he wears co-respondent shoes.”
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