Ad Respondendum
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To make answer. Fleta, lib. II, c.
65.
It is used in certain writs to bring a person before the court in order to make answer, as in habeas corpu* ad respondendum or capias ad respondendum.