co-respondent

British  

/ ˌkəʊrɪˈspɒndənt /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• co-respondency
  noun

Example Sentences

In 1959, she was in a production of “Coriolanus” with Albert Finney; in her 2001 memoir, “I Will Be Cleopatra,” Ms. Caldwell admitted that she was named as a co-respondent in Finney’s first divorce.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2020

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2020

He is a stocky, soft-cheeked 34-year-old Korean man wearing a shiny dinner jacket, co-respondent shoes without socks and enough make-up to make Katie Price seem like an ambassador for the natural look.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2012

Instead, she was the wife of E. Bartol Hall of Glen Cove, N.Y., who named Denham as co-respondent in his divorce suit.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2012

The co-respondent, stated to be an Oxford man, and who also interested himself in the welfare of the gipsy race, seemed to have made the acquaintance of the parties some time after the marriage.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist