WHAT DID LAVOISIER DISCOVER? Lavoisier built on the work already done in the 1770s by the English scientists Henry Cavendish and Joseph Priestley. He became the first person to isolate and name the element oxygen, which is the most common element on Earth.
The spouse who has been served with the divorce/dissolution petition is called the respondent or defendant in the divorce/dissolution process. He or she must respond to (answer) the petition within a certain time (usually about three weeks).
In it, the respondent replies to any allegations or requests by the petitioner. The response may be in agreement or in objection to the petitioner's requests. The answer may also agree with some parts of the divorce petition and disagree with others.