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

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

Mr. Oberlander had long ago acknowledged that he was Richard Roe, but on Wednesday he gently chided the judge for making the connection.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012

Details of the dispute between John Doe and Richard Roe were pieced together through a review of public documents, including appellate orders and a transcript of the 2010 hearings before Judge Glasser.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2012

The records said that the passports were for Jane and John Doe, and Ruth and Richard Roe, who obviously could not enter the United States without proper documents.

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray