Co-Respondent in United Kingdom

Definition of Co-Respondent

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Co-Respondent :

In a petition of divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 the party with whom a married person is alleged to have committed adultery and ‘ who, If named, is normally made a party to divorce proceedings.

From the Encyclopedia Britannica (1911):

Co-Respondent, in law, generally, a person made respondent to, or called upon to answer, along with another or others, a petition or other 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. (See also Divorce here.)