Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding
- noun the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding
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Examples
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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.
When Cotton Wasn't King Michael Burlingame 2011
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Not long after, Wellcome sued for divorce, naming Maugham as co-respondent.
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The fictional hero was cited as a co-respondent in divorce cases by men who failed to live up to his standards.
News from the Mideast Walter Jon Williams 2010
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He charged Caron with adultery and named Beatty as a co-respondent.
STAR PETER BISKIND 2010
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If the wife was accused of adultery, the party with whom she committed this “criminal act” was the “co-respondent.”
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Husbands are divorcing their wives, naming Noor's fictional husband as co-respondent.
Noor Walter Jon Williams 2008
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—Henry Adams of Washington, D.C. as ‘co-respondent,’ and your house as the locum in quo will sound good!
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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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?
Archive 2008-12-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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The minister, cited as a co-respondent, had opposed the application.
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Husbands are divorcing their wives, naming Noor's fictional husband as co-respondent.
Archive 2008-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008
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