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Topic: LAW

respondent

 noun
     
re‧spon‧dent [countable]
1 formal someone who answers questions, especially in a survey:
Only 62 percent of respondents said they were satisfied.
2 lawSCL someone who has to defend their own case in a law court, especially in a divorce case
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