RESPONDE BOOK
responde book.Hist. Scots law. The chancellery’s record of all duties payable by heirs who
obtained royal warrants for possession of the decedent’s lands.
RESPONDENT
respondent. 1. The party against whom an appeal is taken; APPELLEE. • In some appellate
courts, the parties are designated as petitioner and respondent. In most appellate courts in the
United States, the parties are designated as appellant and appellee. Often the designations depend
on whether the appeal is taken by writ of certiorari (or writ of error) or by direct appeal. [Cases:
Appeal and Error 326; Federal Courts 545.1. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 232–233, 238.] 2. The
party against whom a motion or petition is filed. Cf. PETITIONER. 3. At common law, the
defendant in an equity proceeding. 4.Civil law. One who answers for another or acts as another’s
security. [Blacks Law 8th]