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A respondent is someone who answers to a case in court. This term is commonly used in the civil sense, with a person in a similar position in a criminal case being termed the defendant.
What is a petitioner? In a civil law appeal, the âpetitionerâ is the person who files a petition to appeal with the state or federal court that will hear the appeal. The petitioner on appeal may be either the plaintiff or the defendant at trial. Some courts also use the words âappellant,â âpursuer,â or âplaintiff in errorâ to refer to the petitioner. When one party to a case becomes the petitioner, the opposing party becomes the respondent.