Corespondent

Quick meaning: Corespondent is a noun meaning (law) One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding.

Meaning

(law) One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding.

Example Sentences

It was simply a certified copy of the decree in the divorce case of a prominent society woman, Mrs. Percy Schermerman, who had named as corespondent a still more prominent woman, Mrs. Willoughby Worthington. The evidence had been sealed, and the yellower papers had toiled in vain to find out just who the prominent corespondent was.

Word Forms

• corespondents
• co-respondent

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include delegate, envoy, sender, correspondence, correspondent, reporter.

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