Pledges

In pleading. Those persons who became sureties for the plaintiff's prosecution of the suit. Their names were anciently appended at the foot of the declaration. In time it became purely a formal matter, because the plaintiff was no longer liable to be amerced for a false claim, and the fictitious persons John Doe and Richard Roe became the universal pledges, or they might be omitted altogether (1 Tidd, Prac. 455; Archb. Civ. PI. 171), or inserted at any time before judgment (4 Johns. [N. Y.] 90), and are now omitted.

In Pleading. Those persons who became sureties for the' plaintiff’s prosecution of the suit Their names were anciently appended at the foot of the declaration. In time it became purely a formal matter, because the plaintiff was no longer liable to be amerced for a false claim, and the fictitious persons John Doe and Richard Roe became the universal pledges, or they might be omitted altogether; 1 Tidd, Pr. 455;

See Doe.

pleading. It was anciently necessary to find pledges or sureties to prosecute a suit, and -the names of the pledges were added at the foot of the declaration; but in the course of time it became unnecessary to find such pledges because the plaintiff was no longer liable to be amerced, pro fulsa clamora, and the pledges were merely nominal persons, and now John Doe and Richard Roe are the universal pledges; but they may be omitted altogether. 1 Tidd’s Pr. 455; Arch. Civ. Pl. 171.