Co-respondent

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A Co-respondent, in law, generally, is the person made respondent to, or called upon to answer, along with another or others, a petition or other legal proceeding.

More particularly, since the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, the term is applied to the person charged by a husband, when presenting a petition praying for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of adultery, with misconduct with his wife, and made, jointly with her, a respondent to the suit.

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