corespondent

[ koh-ri-spon-duhnt ]
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nounLaw.
  1. a joint defendant, charged along with the respondent, especially a person charged with adultery in a divorce proceeding.

Origin of corespondent

1
First recorded in 1855–60; co- + respondent

Words that may be confused with corespondent

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How to use corespondent in a sentence

  • It really raises the question whether a man who has wrongly been named as co-respondent is in honour bound to marry the defendant.

    When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin Overton
  • And she saw there as co-respondent her son, older, changed in face, but more altered in expression.

    A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Also he could name Dyckman as co-respondent in a divorce suit—or threaten to—and collect heavily that way.

    We Can't Have Everything | Rupert Hughes
  • Sarah Tishler had a right, being named as co-respondent, to enter the case and defend her name, but she waived the privilege.

    We Can't Have Everything | Rupert Hughes
  • The party with whom a husband alleges his wife has committed adultery is called the co-respondent.

British Dictionary definitions for co-respondent

co-respondent

/ (ˌkəʊrɪˈspɒndənt) /


noun
  1. law a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent

Derived forms of co-respondent

  • co-respondency, noun

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