(n) :
the person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent; the person who responds to a letter sent to him. See also correspondent
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(n) :
the person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent; the person who responds to a letter sent to him. See also correspondent