Jane Roe - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: jane roeJane Roe
Jane Roe : a female party to a legal proceeding whose true identity is unknown or whose true name is being withheld compare john doe, richard roe ...
Richard Roe
Richard Roe : a male party to a legal proceeding whose true identity is unknown or whose true name is being withheld ;esp : the second of two such parties compare jane roe, 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 ...
Roe, Richard
Roe, Richard, otherwise Troublesome, the casual ejector and fictitious defendant in ejectment, whose services are no longer invoked. See JOHN DOE, and EJECTMENT....
Ejectment
Ejectment, the 'mixed' action at Common Law to recover the possession of land (which is real), and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of the land (which are personal).Until abolished by the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 168, the forms of this action exhibited the most remarkable string of fictions then recognized by the Courts of Common Law. The action was commen-ced by the party claiming title delivering to the party in possession a declaration in which the plaintiff (John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a term of years had been made by the party claiming the title (who was the real plaintiff) to John Doe, who entered upon the land by virtue of such demise, and that afterwards Richard Roe, the casual ejector, entered and ousted John Doe during the continuance of his term. Appended to this declara-tion was a notice signed by Richard Roe, addressed to the tenant in possession (...
Beasts
Beasts f chase [fer' campestres, Lat.]; there are five, viz., the buck, doe, fox, marten, and roe; of the forest are the hart, hind, buck, hare, boar, and wolf, also called beasts of venery; of the warren are the hare, coney, and roe, Co. Litt. 233 a....
endorsement
endorsement also in·dorse·ment n 1 : the act or process of endorsing 2 : an inscription (as a signature or notation) on a document or instrument ;esp : an inscription usually on the back of a negotiable instrument that transfers or guarantees the instrument blank endorsement : an endorsement (as a signature) of a negotiable instrument that does not name a transferee and that makes the instrument payable to bearer called also endorsement in blank qualified endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as “without recourse”) that limit or qualify the endorser's liability restrictive endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with words (as “for deposit only”) that limit the further negotiation of the instrument NOTE: A restrictive endorsement does not prevent further negotiation of the instrument under the Uniform Commercial Code. spe·cial endorsement : an endorsement of a negotiable instrument with wo...
esquire
esquire [Middle French escuier squire, from Late Latin scutarius shield bearer, from Latin scutum shield] used as a title of courtesy for lawyers usually placed in its abbreviated form after the name and capitalized [John R. Smith Esq.] [Jane L. Smith Esq.] ...
Jane
A coin of Genoa any small coin...
Jane of apes
A silly pert girl corresponding to jackanapes...
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