📚 Respondent, noun. 🔉 /rɪˈspɒnd(ə)nt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (Law): A party against whom a petition is filed, especially one in an appeal or a divorce case. ❗️ Examples: 1. Very well, and these other affidavits, I take it, are affidavits filed by the respondent. 2. The appellant's second ground of appeal is that the respondents are not suitable to be the donor's attorneys. 3. The first respondents to the appeal must pay the appellant's costs of the application. 4. Whether the respondents cross petition against the petitioners was demurrable and should be struck out. 5. The statutory amendments shift the evidential burden of proof to the respondent if the complainant proves what he or she is required to prove at the first stage. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic