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Definition of: respondent
(ri·spon′dənt) adjective
1. Giving response, or given as a response; answering; responsive.
2. Law Occupying the position of defendant.
3. Obs. Correspondent.
—noun
1. One who responds or answers.
2. Law The party called upon to answer an appeal or petition; a defendant; especially, the defendant in a suit in equity, admiralty, or divorce. [<L respondens, -entis, ppr. of respondere. See RESPOND.]
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