Richard Roe

American  

[roh] / roʊ /

noun

1. a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a male party whose true name is not known, used especially as the second such name when two male persons are involved whose real names have not been ascertained.

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Etymology

Origin of Richard Roe

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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Richard Roe

The four others who have sued are also seeking to retain their anonymity: John Doe, Charles Coe, Michael Moe and Richard Roe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2021

In the final pages, Richard Roe is relieved of duty after a breakdown—Green’s rebuke to the evolving myth of the stoical “Blitz spirit”—and becomes frustrated as he struggles to recapture the experience of firefighting:

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016

In Ultra-Secretive Case, One Veil May Be Lifted The case of John Doe and Richard Roe may be about to take a small step toward transparency.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2012

The dispute is considered so sensitive that courts have substituted the name John Doe for the businessman, and Richard Roe for the lawyer who filed the case, Frederick M. Oberlander.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2012

And, of all things when a widow has remarried, do not write Mrs. Richard Roe, nee Mrs. John Doe.

From The Style Book of The Detroit News by News, The Detroit