Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

Respondent

Read a random definition: jus accrescendi

A quick definition of Respondent:

A respondent is the person or group that someone else has filed a complaint against. This can be either the person who originally brought the case or the person who is being sued. In some cases, the roles may switch if the original petitioner decides to appeal the decision. In the past, the term respondent was used specifically for the defendant in equity courts of common law.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: The respondent is the person or party who is being sued or against whom a petition is filed. This can be either the plaintiff or the defendant from the court below, as either party can appeal the decision thereby making themselves the petitioner and their adversary the respondent. In the past, in the equity courts of common law, the defendant was always called the respondent.

Example: In a divorce case, the person who files for divorce is the petitioner, and the other spouse is the respondent. The respondent is the one who has to respond to the petition and either agree or disagree with the claims made by the petitioner.

Example: In a criminal case, the respondent is the person who is accused of committing a crime. The prosecution is the petitioner who files charges against the respondent. The respondent then has the opportunity to respond to the charges and defend themselves in court.

These examples illustrate how the respondent is the party who is being sued or accused of something and has to respond to the claims made against them.

Respondeat Superior | Response

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
TONS lmfao especially asians who, like that columbia hoe, need them to "slow down"
AngryMiniCar
16:15
Not my entire race lmao
DarioDarko
16:15
Okay so this is a racist thing
eggan
16:15
ok lol ok im done engaging. anyway. hows everyones date
GO look at biglaw lawyers complaing about the crops since 2022 when the 2019 lsat changes started to impact things, they notice they need 16 hours to do what a 2008 grad did in 8
eggan
16:15
day*
AngryMiniCar
16:16
good until I got a -16 on RC cause I can't read. Lowkey paradoxical because LRs I get -1/-3
AngryMiniCar
16:16
Hbu lol
Usually -0 LG -0 LR -2 Rc
AngryMiniCar
16:16
Gimme some of that
eggan
16:16
ooo i have advice from a 169 scorer. basically with RC the main things you need to do to prepare are to pretend what youre reading is the most interesting thing ever, and prepare by reading more fiction (for adults)
eggan
16:17
novels like metamorphosis, brave new world, no longer human, crime & punishment, those kinds of novels for adults with complex language structure will be helpful (im just listing books i like but you can read anything)
Read moby dick
NosyBeagle
16:18
@AngryMiniCar: ill trade u for your lr score lol
NosyBeagle
16:18
@windyMagician: sounds good. I will start doing this
AngryMiniCar
16:18
Naww I worked my asssss off for that LR result
NosyBeagle
16:18
lmaooo
eggan
16:19
you atted windy lol you probably meant to at me but thats ok
Also also, at the same time, the biglaw lawyers increasingly are going "fuck these t30 hires are really good (the non accommodated 160s who would be t14 people in 2008 over these accommodated 170s in the t14 lmfao)" lolololol Also for RC just the more you do the better you are.
AngryMiniCar
16:20
@eggan: thanks! I'll do that.
16:20
Sometimes my mind just goes blank when staring at an RC passage
16:21
what helped me most for RC was that the right answer will always be in the passage, even if its only implied
16:21
so you just have to justify your answer choice with specific line support
NosyBeagle
16:21
maybe i forgot who i was talking to. you can't scroll after a bit lol
@PremiumFrequentCrane: i dont have accomodations you absolute buffoon
NosyBeagle
16:22
trying to see if i have it in me to do another lr set
NosyBeagle
16:23
the best i've done on lr has been -10. I have a long way to go
@NosyBeagle: you need to be drilling weak question types and not doing full sets if you're at -10
NosyBeagle
16:25
@windyMagician: i would send the salute emoji if this website supported them
NosyBeagle
16:25
will start doing this
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.