Respondent vs. Defendant

Respondentnoun

(legal) The 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.

Respondentnoun

One who responds.

Respondentnoun

The person replying to a questionnaire.

Respondentadjective

Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Respondentadjective

Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Respondentnoun

One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.

Respondentnoun

the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

Respondentnoun

someone who responds

Respondentadjective

replying;

Respondentnoun

a party against whom a petition is filed, especially one in an appeal or a divorce case.

Respondentnoun

a person who replies to something, especially one supplying information for a questionnaire or responding to an advertisement

Respondentadjective

in the position of a party defending against a petition

Respondentadjective

replying to something

Respondentadjective

involving or denoting a response, especially a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus.

Respondent

A respondent is a person who is called upon to issue a response to a communication made by another. The term is used in legal contexts, in survey methodology, and in psychological conditioning.

Defendantnoun

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

Defendantnoun

(legal) In criminal proceedings, the accused.

Defendantadjective

Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.

Defendantadjective

Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive.

Defendantadjective

Making defense.

Defendantnoun

One who defends; a defender.

Defendantnoun

A person required to make answer in an action or suit; - opposed to plaintiff.

Defendantnoun

a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

Defendant

In court proceedings, a defendant is a person who is the party either accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case. Terminology varies from one jurisdiction to another.