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Co-respondent   /koʊ-rɪspˈɑndənt/   Listen
noun
Co-respondent  n.  (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Co-respondent" Quotes from Famous Books



... the respondent's relation with the second co-respondent, Aristide Dumeny of the French ...
— In the Wilderness • Robert Hichens

... so brave ... Betty, dear, the horrid things I've said were only to make you angry, to make you feel what a brute I was, how well you're rid of me. Oh, I'm not proud of myself! But look here, we must be sensible—we must, really.... You know, if you were divorced—if I were the co-respondent in a divorce case—I'd lose my ...
— Five Little Plays • Alfred Sutro

... by Joan Sutherland, is a story with a more serious theme. It really raises the question whether a man who has wrongly been named as co-respondent is in honour bound to marry the defendant. The affair of Lady Madge with Lord Desmond was an entirely innocent one, despite what London said. Lady Madge's husband, wrought upon by shame and anger, began his action for divorce; ...
— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton

... the earnest request of both his wife and the "co-respondent," he finally accepted the terms in the same manner that Galileo declared the earth stood still. Rubens got his liberty, was loyal to his parole, but John of Nassau kept the six ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters • Elbert Hubbard

... revolution and the crimes in Dublin in 1916. England discovered the plan of the revolution just in time to foil the landing in Ireland of Germany, whom Ireland had invited there. Were England seeking to break loose from Ireland, she could sue Ireland for a divorce and name the Kaiser as co-respondent. Any court would ...
— A Straight Deal - or The Ancient Grudge • Owen Wister


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