Definition of "co-respondent" []

• One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "She includes colorful tidbits about these figures, including the octogenarian Palmerston, who in 1863 was named as a co-respondent in a divorce suit brought by one Tom O'Kane against his wife."
• "Not long after, Wellcome sued for divorce, naming Maugham as co-respondent."
• "If the wife was accused of adultery, the party with whom she committed this “criminal act” was the “co-respondent.”"