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respondent

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile" [syn: answering ] n. the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent someone who responds [syn: responder , answerer ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.] Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. --Bacon.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "one who answers," from Latin respondentem (nominative respondens ), present participle of respondere (see respond ).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. n. 1 (context legal English) 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 ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN survey ▪ Just over a quarter of the survey respondents reported having attended these. ▪ However more than half of the focus group participants and survey respondents had specific suggestions on how they might serve ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A respondent is a person who is called upon to issue a response to a communication made by another. In legal usage , this specifically refers to the defendant in a legal proceeding commenced by a petition, or to an appellee, or the opposing party, in an ...

Usage examples of respondent.

My respondents did not actually see him depart, however, because the cabs arrived first.

Eighty percent of respondents told pollsters they believed it possible that the president was a rapist.

In the accompanying Declaration of Petitioner, Mikhail Markov averred that on or about October 10, a Friday night, during a social event, the Respondent, Lindy Hawkins Markov, had begun acting erratically, had threatened the Petitioner, assaulted another guest, and had caused Petitioner to be placed in such apprehension that he was compelled to vacate his residence, leaving the Respondent in possession thereof.

Petitioner was the sole owner of the premises, as set forth in the exhibit attached thereto and incorporated therein, consisting of a deed in fee simple for the real property, and it was further declared that Respondent Lindy Markov had no right, title, or interest therein, and had been living there for some time temporarily and solely as a guest and invitee of the Petitioner .

I will not say that Juliet had not her respondent pangs of retrospective jealousy.

It is enough that petitioners have prevented respondents from holding meetings and disseminating information whether for the organization of labor unions or for any other lawful purpose.

There are many polls that suggest that the American people support the use of force against Iraq, but it is not at all clear that the respondents understood the amount of force that would be required or the other costs of the operation.

You could even skew the list of respondents to target your subject without making it too obvious.

The question of whether respondents had been abducted by aliens was never actually put to them.

Now adays there were only small variations, usually reflecting the personality and aspirations of the respondent.

On whether an automobile tire can feel anything, 90 percent of respondents denied it emotions in 1954, but only 73 percent in 1989.

Overwhelmed by the instinct to answer, the dominant cell lines launched a respondent radio hail.

In a Gallup poll taken in February 2001, respondents ranked Ronald Reagan as America’.

In a Gallup poll taken in February 2001, respondents ranked Ronald Reagan as Americas greatest president, beating out George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the lefts beloved Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

In a new Gallup poll, 44 percent of the respondents said they expected me to win the debate, and 30 percent said they could be swayed by it.