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
An individual who provides information, either directly or indirectly, on which the results of a research project could, in whole or in part, be based
The person who participates in research involving questionnaires. See also Survey
- 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 person who is responding to your appeal If you are appealing a decision, your employer is the respondent
1) the person who is the subject of a petition, 2) the prevailing party in a court case against whom an appeal is taken
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