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roe, richard
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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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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