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John Doe

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

John Doe, the name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment; he was sometimes called Goodtitle. See EJECTMENT. So the Romans had their fictitious personages in law proceedings, as Titius Seius, Juv. Sat.iv. 13.

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