Respondent

The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceeding in chancery. The party who appeals against the judgment of an interior court is termed the "appellant;" and he who contends against the appeal, the "respondent." The word also denotes the person upon whom an ordinary petition in the court of chancery (or a libel in admiralty) is served, and who is, as it were, a defendant thereto. The terms "respondent" and "co-respondent" are used in like manner in proceedings in the divorce court.

Brown; Brower v. Nellis, 6 Ind. App. 323, 33 N. E. 672; Code Ch. Proc. N. Y. 1903, § 516.

In the civil law. One who answers or is security for another; a fidejussor.

Dig. 2, 8, 6.