Defn: A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
Oxf. Gloss.
RESPONDENCE; RESPONDENCY
Re*spond"ence, Re*spond"en*cy, n.
Defn: The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an
answering. A. Chalmers.
The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine
respondence meet. Spenser.
RESPONDENT
Re*spond"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.]
Defn: Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according;
corresponding.
Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.
RESPONDENT
Re*spond"ent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. répondant.]
Defn: One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: (a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; — distinquished from appellant. (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; — distinguished from opponent. I. Watts.
RESPONDENTIA
Re`spon*den"ti*a (r`spn*dn"sh*), n. Etym: [NL. See Respondence.]
(Commercial Law)