john-a-nokes

  • 1John a-Nokes — ● John …

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  • 2John-a-Nokes — Roe Richard Roe, Richard (Law) 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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  • 3john-a-nokes — noun or john a noakes ˌjänəˈnōks Usage: usually capitalized J&N Etymology: alteration of earlier John at Noke, from the name John + at Noke, probably from Middle English atten ok at the oak tree archaic : a party to legal proceedings whose true… …

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  • 4John Doe — fictitious plaintiff in a legal action, attested from 1768 (in Blackstone). The fictitious defendant was Richard Roe. Replaced earlier John a nokes (1530s), who usually was paired with John a stiles. By 1852, John Doe was being used for any man… …

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  • 5John-a-Stiles — Roe Richard Roe, Richard (Law) 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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  • 6john-a-stiles — noun or john a styles ˌjänəˈstī(ə)lz Usage: usually capitalized J&S Etymology: alteration of earlier John at Stile, from the name John + at Stile, probably from Middle English atte stile at the stile archaic : the second party to legal… …

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  • 7John-a-dreams — noun a man who is a daydreamer and therefore inactive [...] Yet I, / A dull and muddy mettled rascal, peak / Like John a dreams, unpregnant of my cause, / and can say nothing. Syn: John a nokes, John a stiles …

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  • 8john-a-noakes — noun see john a nokes …

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  • 9John Meares — (* vermutlich 1756; † 1809) war ein englischer Seefahrer, Navigator und Entdecker. Leben und Wirken Meares trat der Royal Navy im Alter von 15 Jahren als Kapitäns Kabinenjunge bei und tätigte mehrere Reisen nach Neufundland, Labrador und Grönland …

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  • 10John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon — The Right Honourable The Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain …

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