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。
- 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。
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。
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。
- 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'.