respondent
- Noun. (legal) person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent.
- Noun. One who responds. See also correspondent.
- Noun. Person that participates in research involving questionnaires.
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