The 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
The person who responds to a petition placed before a court by another person; the opposite of the petitioner At the appellate level, the respondent is often called the appellee
- the spouse who receives and responds to the application for a divorce, or the spouse who receives and responds to the notice claiming ancillary relief
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
The party who responds to a claim filed in Court against him by a Plaintiff or the person who is being sued Another term for the Respondent is the Defendant
A respondent is a person who replies to something such as a survey or set of questions. 60 percent of the respondents said they disapproved of the president's performance
A person or firm named in a disciplinary or remedial action; a person or firm alleged to have been the cause of rule violations; a person or firm against whom a claim is asserted in an arbitration or reparations matter
There are two distinct meanings for this word In a criminal proceeding, once the trial judge (or jury) has found the accused either guilty or innocent, whichever side "lost" may choose to appeal the decision The person beginning the appeal (that is, the person who "lost" the initial trial) is called the appellant and the other person (the one who "won" the initial trial) is the respondent In a civil proceeding (one person suing another), there is no Crown and no accused The person who initiates the law suit is called the plaintiff and the person against whom the law suit is initiated is called the respondent This is also true in tribunal and administrative cases, such as human rights cases: the person against whom the claim is brought is called the respondent return to index