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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 RESPONDENT? The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceeding in chancery. The party who appeals against the judgment of au inferior court is termed the ap- pellant; and he who contends against the appeal, the respondent. The word also de- notes the person upou 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.