corespondent

[ koh-ri-spon-duhnt ]

/ ˌkoʊ rɪˈspɒn dənt /

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noun Law.

a joint defendant, charged along with the respondent, especially a person charged with adultery in a divorce proceeding.

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Origin of corespondent

First recorded in 1855–60; co- + respondent

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH corespondent

corespondent , correspondent

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How to use corespondent in a sentence

It really raises the question whether a man who has wrongly been named as co-respondent is in honour bound to marry the defendant.
When Winter Comes to Main Street|Grant Martin Overton
And she saw there as co-respondent her son, older, changed in face, but more altered in expression.
A Book of Ghosts|Sabine Baring-Gould
Also he could name Dyckman as co-respondent in a divorce suit—or threaten to—and collect heavily that way.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
Sarah Tishler had a right, being named as co-respondent, to enter the case and defend her name, but she waived the privilege.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

The party with whom a husband alleges his wife has committed adultery is called the co-respondent.
Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World|Hyacinthe Ringrose

British Dictionary definitions for corespondent

co-respondent

/ (ˌkəʊrɪˈspɒndənt) /

noun

law a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent

Derived forms of co-respondent

co-respondency, noun

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