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Co-respondent   /koʊ-rɪspˈɑndənt/   Listen
Co-respondent

noun
1.
The codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding.  Synonym: corespondent.






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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



Words linked to "Co-respondent" :   corespondent, codefendant, co-defendant



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