Crossword clues for respondent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]pondant.] One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically:
(Law) 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.
One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.
--I. Watts.
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
1520s, "one who answers," from Latin respondentem (nominative respondens), present participle of respondere (see respond).
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 defendant, but the state is the respondent. 2 One who responds. See also correspondent. 3 Person that participates in research involving questionnaires.
WordNet
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 appeal of a decision by an initial fact-finder. The two sides in a Senate impeachment trial are called the management and the respondent. In non-legal or informal usage, the term refers to one who refutes or responds to a thesis or an argument. In cross-cultural communication, the second person responding to the meaning or message from an original source which has been contextualised or decoded for the understanding of respondents as recipients or hearers of the message occurring from a different cultural context.
The term as used in psychology evokes a much faster and less thoughtful reaction. In that field, respondent conditioning is a synonym for classical conditioning/ Pavlovian conditioning. Respondent behavior specifically refers to the behavior consistently elicited by a reflexive or classically conditioned stimulus.
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.