Respondent

Co-respondent

Co-respondent, the man charged with adultery. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 177,enacts that on a petition for divorce presented by the husband or in the answer of a husband praying for divorce, the petitioner or respondent, as the case may be, shall make the alleged adulterer a co-respondent unless he is excused by the Court on special grounds from so doing. On a petition for divorce presented by the wife the Court may, if it thinks fit, direct that the person with whom the husband is alleged to have committed adultery be made a respondent.By s. 189, the husband may claim damages from any person on the ground of adultery with the wife; and the claim for damages shall, subject to the provisions of any enactment, relating to trial by jury in the court, be tried on the same principles and manner as actions for criminal conversation were tried before the commencement of the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (partly repealed), and the provision of that Act with reference to th...

Ad questiones facti non respondent judices; ad questiones legis non respondent juratores

Ad questiones facti non respondent judices; ad questiones legis non respondent juratores. Co. Litt. 295.-(Judges do not answer questions of fact; juris do not answer questions of law). See Broom's Leg. Max. Since the Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, and now by R. S. C. Ord. XXXVI., a judge in a civil action may answer questions of fact without a jury....

Defendant

Defendant [Deft. Abbrev.], the person sued in an action, or indicted for a misdemeanour.It includes--(i) any person from or through whom a defendant derives his liability to be sued.(ii)any person whose estate is represented by the defendant as executor, administrator or other representative. [Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), s. 2 (e)]...

Pro forma defendant

A pro forma defendant is a defendant named as a matter of formality, who typically has no direct responsibility for the harm alleged, but shares an interest with other defendants, such as being a co-owner of property or successor in interest. For example, a co-owner named on a deed or an heir who inherits property may be named as a pro forma defendant...

Respondent, a party answering in a suit, whether for himself or another; the defendant in an appeal; the defendant in a suit in the Court for Divorce.It includes an intervener. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1) (o)]It means the person who answers any memorandum of appeal. [Consumer Protection Rules, 1987, s. 2 (h)]Means any adult male person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person and against whom the aggrieved person has sought any relief under this Act:Provided that an aggrieved wife or female living in a relationship in the nature of a marriage may also file a complaint against a relative of the husband or the male partner. [Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(q)]...

defendant

defendant : the party against whom a criminal or civil action is brought see also answer, codefendant compare accused, plaintiff ...

respondent

respondent : one who answers or defends in various proceedings: as a : an answering party in an equitable proceeding b : a party against whom a petition (as for a writ of habeas corpus) seeking relief is brought c : an answering party in a proceeding in juvenile court or family court ;specif : a party against whom a divorce proceeding is brought d : a party prevailing at trial who defends the outcome on appeal : appellee ...

third-party defendant

third-party defendant : a third party who is the object of a third-party complaint ...

De jure judices de facto juratores respondent

De jure judices de facto juratores respondent. (The judges answer to the law, the jury to the fact.) A fundamental rule of the Common Law, upon which the whole system of pleading was built. 'It is of the greatest consequence,' said Lord Hardwicke, 'to the law of England, and also to the subject, that the power of the judge and jury be kept distinct; that the judge determine the law, and the jury the fact; if ever they come to be confounded, it will prove the confusion and destruction of the law of England.' A judge sitting without a jury, as in the old Court of Chancery, decides all questions of fact as well as of law....

Indigent defendant

Indigent defendant, means a person who is too poor to hire a lawyer and who, upon indictment, becomes eligible to receive aid from a court appointed attorney and a waiver of court costs, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 777...

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