Respondent

Summary of Respondent

In admiralty, one who answers to a libel, or action. The term corresponds with defendant.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Respondent

In proceedings in the I.C.J. in contentious cases, the defendant State is referred

to as the respondent. While this term does not appear in the I.C.J. Statute, it does in art

38(4) of the Rules ofCourt of 1978 (I.C.J. Acts a11d Documents, No. 6). Cf applicant.

Resources

Further Reading

• The entry “respondent” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press