Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.