Bail
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
COMMON. Inpractice.
A fictitious proceeding, intended only to express the appearance of a defendant, in cases where special bail is not required. It is putin in the same form as special bail, but the suveties are merely nominal or imaginary persons, as John Doe and Richard Roe. 3 Bl. Comm. 297.