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John Doe (male) and Jane Doe (female) are multiple-use placeholder names that are used in the British and American legal system and assigned generally in the United Kingdom and the United States when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed.
John Nommensen Duchac (born February 25, 1953), [1] known professionally as John Doe, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet, [2] guitarist and bass player. Doe co-founded LA punk band X , of which he is still an active member.
Commonly this person is identified as "John Doe" or "Jane Doe". As the statute of limitations for many torts such as medical malpractice is generally very short, plaintiffs under pressure to issue an originating process such as a statement of claim often use contrived names such as John Doe in the title of proceedings and identify the person's ...
Up until now, those people were identified only as Jane Doe or John Doe. Some of Epstein’s former friends and associates have already been publicly named in media reports, and several became ...
John Doe" or "Jane Doe" are often used as placeholder names in law. Other more common and colloquial versions of names exist, including "Joe Shmoe", "Joe Blow", and "Joe Bloggs". "Tom, Dick and Harry" may be used to refer to a group of nobodies or unknown men. "John Smith" or "Jane Smith" is sometimes used as a placeholder on official documents.
Tax protesters, "commercial redemption" and "get out of debt free" scams claim that one's debts and taxes are the responsibility of the strawman and not of the real person. They back this claim by misreading the legal definition of person and misunderstanding the distinction between a juridical person and a natural person. [4] [5]
Sean McDonnell was first given the name John Winters Doe. He was found abandoned outside an Arlington Heights apartment complex on a cold day in 1983. Sean was just hours old when he was left ...
In the United States and Canada, John Doe and the variations Jane Doe (for females) and John Roe or Richard Roe (for a second party): used in legal action and cases when the true identity of a person is unknown or must be withheld for legal reasons.