2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a
chapter.
3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
Oxf. Gloss.
{ Re*spond"ence (-?ns), Re*spond"en*cy (- en*s?), } n. 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.
Re*spond"ent (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.] Disposed
or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.
Bacon.
Re*spond"ent, n. [Cf. F. répondant.] 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.
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||Re`spon*den"ti*a (r?`sp?n*d?n"sh?*?), n. [NL. See Respondence.]
||(Commercial Law) A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs
||from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.