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Respondent vs Reporter - What's the difference?

respondent | reporter |

In lang=en terms the difference between respondent and reporter

is that respondent is person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent while reporter is a case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.

As an adjective respondent

is disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

respondent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent.
  • One who responds. See also correspondent.
  • Person that participates in research involving questionnaires.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.
    ----

    reporter

    English

    Alternative forms

    * reportor (obsolete) * reportour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (wikipedia reporter) (en noun)
  • Agent noun of report; someone or something that reports.
  • A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
  • A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
  • (legal) A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
  • A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.
  • Derived terms

    * case reporter * court reporter * cub reporter * law reporter * police reporter