co-respondent

/ ˌkəʊrɪˈspɒndənt /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˌco-reˈspondency, noun

Example Sentences

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

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And she saw there as co-respondent her son, older, changed in face, but more altered in expression.

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Also he could name Dyckman as co-respondent in a divorce suit—or threaten to—and collect heavily that way.

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Sarah Tishler had a right, being named as co-respondent, to enter the case and defend her name, but she waived the privilege.

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The party with whom a husband alleges his wife has committed adultery is called the co-respondent.

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