单词 | co-respondent |
释义 | co-respondentn. Law. a. In a divorce suit, a man charged with the adultery and proceeded against together with the respondent or wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] > third party in divorce co-respondent1857 1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria c. 85. §xxviii The Petitioner shall make the alleged Adulterer a Co-Respondent to the said Petition. 1889 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/3 The witness in a divorce case..being asked, ‘Are you the co-respondent?’ replied, ‘I am the alleged co-respondent.’ ‘Never mind the “alleged” ’, said the Judge, and very properly. b. co-respondent('s) shoes, a jocular name for men's two-toned shoes. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > two-toned shoe > shoes co-respondent('s) shoes1934 1934 A. G. Macdonell How like an Angel ii. ix. 155 A pair of those singularly repulsive shoes of black and white which are called ‘Co-respondents’ (quite wrongly called, incidentally, for co-respondents at least get and give some fun, and these shoes do neither). 1939 ‘A. Bridge’ Four-part Setting xxvi. 359 Very richly dressed, with brown-and-white ‘co-respondent’ shoes. 1958 K. Amis I like it Here vi. 69 The furious creaking of his co-respondent's shoes. Derivatives co-reˈspondency n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [noun] > third party in divorce > condition of co-respondency1891 1891 Pictorial World 14 Nov. 67/2 The shock of the..case, and the co-respondency of the Duc d'O. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1857 |
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