Meaning & use
Corespondent
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In law, a person cited alongside the defendant in a divorce case, typically alleged to have committed adultery with them.
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The lawyer named a corespondent in the divorce filing.
Tabloids seized on the identity of the corespondent named in the scandal.
A note on using this word
Not to be confused with 'correspondent' (a letter-writer or reporter); the legal term drops the extra 'r' and refers specifically to fault-based divorce proceedings.
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