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Respondent

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004280

The party against whom an appeal is filed or against whom a petition or motion is brought in a legal proceeding. In an appellate court, the respondent is the party who won in the lower court and is defending that judgment. In other contexts, such as divorce or administrative hearings, the respondent is the party answering the initial filing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004280
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "The party against whom an appeal is filed or against whom a petition or motion is brought in a legal proceeding. In an appellate court, the respondent is the party who won in the lower court and is defending that judgment. In other contexts, such as divorce or administrative hearings, the respondent is the party answering the initial filing.",
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