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Webster 1913 Edition

Respondent

Re-spond′ent

(-ent)
,
Adj.
[L.
respondens
, p. pr. of
respondere
.]
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
Wealth
respondent
to payment and contributions.
Bacon.

Re-spond′ent

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
répondant
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Respondent

RESPOND'ENT

,
Adj.
Answering; that answers to demand or expectation.
- Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.

RESPOND'ENT

, n.
1.
One that answers in a suit, particularly a chancery suit.
2.
In the schools, one who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province is to refute objections or overthrow arguments.

Definition 2024

respondent

respondent

English

Noun

respondent ‎(plural respondents)

  1. (law) person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent.
  2. One who responds. See also correspondent.
  3. Person replying to a questionnaire.

Translations

Adjective

respondent ‎(comparative more respondent, superlative most respondent)

  1. Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
    • Francis Bacon
      Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

respondent

  1. respondent (in sense: the person who participates in research involving questionnaires).

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Latin

Verb

respondent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of respondeō

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