{"id":8946,"date":"2017-11-21T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8946"},"modified":"2017-11-21T17:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T17:45:39","slug":"respondant-the-party-against-whom-an-appeal-is-taken-to-a-higher-court-the-appellee-or-the-defendant-in-a-suit-in-equity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8946","title":{"rendered":"Respondant – the party against whom an appeal is taken to a higher court; the appellee or the defendant in a suit in equity"},"content":{"rendered":"

respondant<\/span>:
\n<\/strong><\/span>(16c.)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The party against whom an appeal is taken; APPELLEE. In some\u00a0<\/span>appellate courts, the parties are designated as petitioner & respondent.\u00a0 In most\u00a0<\/span>appellate courts in the United States, the parties are designated as appellant and<\/span><\/strong>
\n appellee.\u00a0 Often the designations depend on whether the appeal is taken by writ of certiorari<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or by direct appeal. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. The party against whom a<\/span><\/strong>
\n motion or petition is filed. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. At common law, the defendant in an equity<\/span><\/strong>
\n proceeding. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Civil law. <\/em>Someone who answers for another or acts as another’s\u00a0security.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The party against whom an appeal is taken to a higher court; the appellee.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. The defendant in a suit in equity.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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