Co-respondent and Codefendant

Co-respondent noun - The codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding.

Codefendant and co-respondent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Codefendant" instead a noun phrase "Co-respondent".

Codefendant noun - A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action.

Co-respondent and codefendant are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Co-respondent" with "Codefendant", this terms are similar.