1. respondent - Noun
2. respondent - Adjective
3. respondent - Adjective Satellite
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
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.
One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.
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A breach of the protection order requires that the respondent must be arrested by the police immediately. Source: Internet
Advocate Rui Rodrigues, appearing for one of the respondent authorities, said in 2013 the court was hearing on Sunday petitions filed by students who had sought permission to appear in exams that were to be held on the next day. Source: Internet
All case names before the Court are styled petitioner v. respondent, regardless of which party initiated the lawsuit in the trial court. Source: Internet
“At the risk of being redundant, respondent Suarez during the relevant period had the legal obligation to submit the LORs as proof that the public funds were properly used and government projects were properly implemented. Source: Internet