corespondent

corespondent
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.

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  • corespondent — CORESPONDÉNT, Ă, corespondenţi, te, s.m. şi f., adj. I. S.m şi f. 1. Persoană care colaborează la un ziar sau la o publicaţie periodică, trimiţând spre publicare informaţii din locul unde se află. 2. Persoană care, în lipsa părinţilor unui elev,… …   Dicționar Român

  • corespondent — co·re·spon·dent /ˌkō ri spän dənt/ n 1: a joint respondent 2: a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • corespondent — [kō΄ri spän′dənt] n. [ CO + RESPONDENT] Law a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought corespondency n …   English World dictionary

  • corespondent — noun the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding • Syn: ↑co respondent • Hypernyms: ↑codefendant, ↑co defendant * * * |kō+ noun Etymology: co + respondent : a joint respondent; …   Useful english dictionary

  • corespondent — See corespondent, correspondent …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • corespondent shoes — plural noun Two coloured shoes for men, generally black or brown and white • • • Main Entry: ↑corespondent …   Useful english dictionary

  • corespondent, correspondent — These words differ in spelling, meaning, and pronunciation. It is usually safer to be a correspondent (KOR i spon dent), one who writes letters, than a corespondent (KO ri SPON dent), one charged with adultery in a divorce proceeding …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • corespondent — noun Date: 1857 a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • corespondent — /koh ri spon deuhnt/, n. Law. a joint defendant, charged along with the respondent, esp. a person charged with adultery in a divorce proceeding. [1855 60; CO + RESPONDENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • corespondént — s. m., adj. m., pl. corespondénţi; f. sg. corespondéntã, pl. corespondénte …   Romanian orthography

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