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Doe, John

Doe, John, the fictitious plaintiff in ejectment, whose services have been dispensed with since the abolition of the fiction by the Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 76), see EJECTMENT...


John Doe summons

John Doe summons : a summons made out to an unidentified defendant who is referred to in the summons as John Doe ...


John Doe

John Doe : a party to legal proceedings (as a suspect) whose true name is unknown or withheld compare jane roe, richard roe ...


John Doe

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....


Doe John

The fictitious lessee acting as plaintiff in the common law action of ejectment the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe Hence a fictitious name for a party real or fictitious to any action or proceeding...


john

john : a prostitute's client ...


Johns wort

See St Johns wort...


Anti-John law

Anti-John law, means a criminal law statute punishing prostitutes' customers, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 92....


Ketch, John

Ketch, John, the public executioner in the reigns of Charles II and James II. Formerly a popular name for those who succeeded him in his office....


To which s. 54 does not apply

To which s. 54 does not apply, the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, the Slum Areas (Improvement & Clearance) Act, 1956 and the Delhi (Tenants Temporary Protection) Act, 1956 and the Delhi Tenants (Temporary Protection) Act, 1956, all deal with premises and property and therefore the phrase 'to which s. 54 does not apply' is connected with the word 'premises'. The proviso did not apply and the matter had to be governed by the old Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952, which had been repealed, Jai Narain v. Kishanchand, AIR 1969 SC 1165: (1969) 1 SCC 724: (1969) 3 SCR 854....


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