'John-a-Stiles' definitions:
Definition of 'John-a-Stiles'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]