Richard Roe - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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 ...
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 (...
Jane 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 ...
John Doe
John Doe : a party to legal proceedings (as a suspect) whose true name is unknown or withheld compare jane roe, richard roe ...
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...
Casual ejector
Casual ejector, the fictitious Richard Roe in the mixed action of ejectment, before the fiction was abolished by the (English) C. L. P. Act, 1852. See Ejectment....
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....
Roe Richard
A fictious name for a party real or fictious to an act or proceeding Other names were formerly similarly used as John a Nokes John o or of the Nokes or Noakes John a Stiles etc...
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