corespondent
corespondent — 名詞
1. In a divorce case, someone who is accused of having had a romantic or sexual rel
相姦人
被指控與離婚被告通姦者
In a divorce case, someone who is accused of having had a romantic or sexual relationship with the spouse who is being sued for divorce, and is therefore named as a party in the legal proceedings.
Photos from the detective led the husband to name the tennis coach as corespondent.
偵探拍到的照片讓丈夫把網球教練列為相姦人。
name + as + corespondent — formal legal usage
Under old divorce laws, the court could order the corespondent to pay legal costs.
根據舊的離婚法，法院可以命令相姦人支付訴訟費用。
court + order + corespondent — legal authority pattern
Roya was named as corespondent in a celebrity divorce case and had to testify.
Roya 在一樁名人離婚案件中被指名為相姦人，因此必須出庭作證。
The lawyer warned that naming a corespondent would make the divorce more expensive.
律師警告說，指名相姦人會讓離婚費用更高。
The bank manager cried when the court papers named his secretary as corespondent in the divorce.
銀行經理看到法院文件將他的秘書列為相姦人時，忍不住哭了出來。
court papers + named + as corespondent — legal notification
- name someone as a corespondent
- be named corespondent in a divorce case
- the alleged corespondent
- corespondent in the divorce proceedings
- evidence against the corespondent
- adultery co-respondent
less common variant, retains the hyphen, making the 'joint' meaning explicit
- third party in a divorce
non-technical alternative; avoids legal jargon but is less precise
文法句型
name + as + corespondent
corespondent + in + divorce case
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive or object position: a person is named as a corespondent. Distinguish from sense 2, where no adultery is implied and the person is simply a joint respondent to any legal petition.
常見錯誤
2. A person who, together with one or more other parties, responds to a legal petit
共同答辯人
與他人一同回應法律聲請者
A person who, together with one or more other parties, responds to a legal petition, appeal, or court action filed by another party.
The landlord and tenant were named as corespondents in the property dispute.
房東和房客被列為財產糾紛案中的共同答辯人。
as corespondents — plural, joint respondents
Takeshi's lawyer filed a separate response because the court listed him as a corespondent.
Takeshi 的律師提交了一份單獨的答辯狀，因為法院將他列為共同答辯人。
Three corespondents each submitted their own legal arguments to the court.
三名共同答辯人各自向法院提交了自己的法律論點。
three corespondents — each acting separately
At the city courthouse, the retired teacher sat quietly among the four corespondents in the property case.
在法院裡，那位退休老師靜靜地坐在四名共同答辯人當中，等待房產案件開庭。
among + four corespondents — multi-party legal proceeding
The nursing home owner asked the judge to remove her as a corespondent after she sold the building.
安養院負責人出售大樓後，請求法官將她從共同答辯人名單中移除。
ask judge to remove as corespondent — procedural exit from case
- corespondent in the appeal
- listed as a corespondent
- one of several corespondents
- corespondent to the petition
- separate corespondents
- co-respondent
alternative spelling with hyphen; sometimes used for this general sense to distinguish from the divorce-specific form
- joint respondent
clearer non-technical alternative; two words instead of one
- co-defendant
similar but slightly different: a co-defendant is a co-accused in criminal or civil cases; not every corespondent is a defendant
文法句型
corespondent + in + legal proceeding
one of several corespondents
用法筆記
More general than sense 1. Does not imply adultery; any person joined as a respondent in a legal action qualifies. Common in appeals and multi-party disputes. Frequently occurs in the plural form 'corespondents'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- respondent名詞B2
- co-respondent名詞C1
- respond動詞A2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- divorce case
- divorce proceedings
- legal petition
- court filing
常用片語
- name someone as a corespondent
- be listed as a corespondent
介系詞搭配
- in (a divorce case / legal proceeding)
- as (named as corespondent)