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Definition of Corespondent
1. Noun. The codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding.
Definition of Corespondent
1. n. One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.
Definition of Corespondent
1. Noun. (legal) One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with commiting adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corespondent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corespondent
Literary usage of Corespondent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Forms of Practice in Civil Actions in Courts of Record by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1907)
"Appearance by corespondent in action for divorce.oo [Title of court and cause.]
Please take notice that [name of alleged corespondent] hereby appears in ..."
2. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Francis Towers Streeten, Edward Alfred Hadley (1868)
"A petitioner having claimed damages from a corespondent, evidence was produced
by the со-respondent shewing that the respondent was leading an abandoned ..."
3. The Law of Domestic Relations of the State of New York, with Forms by Frank Bixby Gilbert, New York (State) (1902)
"LM, Attorney for corespondent. [Verification.] No. 23. Complaint in Action for
Separation on Ground of Cruelty. (Code Civ. Pro., §§ 1762-1764, ante. pp. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1913)
"Subsequently the corespondent gave evidence denying the immorality with the ...
The question in issue was not whether the corespondent had admitted his ..."
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