Richard Roe

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a name used in law courts, legal papers, etc. to refer to a person whose actual name is unknown, esp. to the second person of two when both names are unknown (the first person being referred to as John Doe)

Origin: see Doe

See Richard Roe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Used as a name in legal proceedings to designate an unknown or unidentified man or boy, especially the second of two such persons, the first usually being named John Doe.
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