Co-Respondent

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In England, where a husband brings a suit against his wife charging her vdth adultery, the alleged adulterer must, as a rule, be made a party to the petition as a co-respondent. If the adultery is proved, the court may order him to pay damages to the husband. The term is sometimes applied in the United States to the alleged adulterer, though the practice of joining him does not obtain. Browne, Div. 143, 204; 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85, §§ 28, 33. See "Adultery;" "Dissolution." CORiUM FORFISFACERE. To forfeit one's skin; applied to a person condemned to be whipped; the ancient punishment of a servant.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Any person called upon to answer a petition or other proceeding, but now chiefly applied to a person charged with adultery with the husband or wife, in a suit for divorce, and made jointly a respondent to the suit See Divorce.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A person summoned to answer a bili, petition or libel, together with another respondent Now chiefly used to designate the person charged with aduitery with the respondent in a suit for divorce for that cause, and joined as a de fendant with such party. Lowe ,v. Bennett, 27 Misc. Rep. 356, 58 N. Y. Snpp. 88.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The person charged with adultery with the husband or wife in a proceeding for divorce on that ground.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The person charged with adultery with the husband or wife in a suit for divorce.