Who or where did the name John Doe come from?!
Question: When an unidenitfied person passes away they are called "John or Jan Doe" who thought of using these names?
Answers: When an unidenitfied person passes away they are called "John or Jan Doe" who thought of using these names?
John Doe dates from the reign of England's King Edward III (1312-1377). A famous legal document from this period labels a hypothetical landowner "John Doe," who leases land to a "Richard Roe," who then claims the land as his own and kicks out poor John.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe". Likewise, the Nuttall Encyclopaedia states that John O'Noakes or John Noakes is a fictitious name for a litigious person, used by lawyers in actions of ejectment.
isn't from the fox serie? lol, that was the first time I heard that name.
John deer i always thought
not sure but would guess it rhymes with Don`t Know,,,,or Not Known,,,
"John Doe" dates from the reign of England's King Edward III (1312-1377). A famous legal document from this period labels a hypothetical landowner "John Doe," who leases land to a "Richard Roe," who then claims the land as his own and kicks out poor John.
The names don't have any particular relevance, other than the fact that a doe is a female deer, while a roe is a smaller species of deer. But the land dispute in question became a famous legal debate, and the names survived their circumstances.
The online legal dictionary FindLaw defines John Doe as a "party to legal proceedings (as a suspect) whose true name is unknown or withheld." The female equivalent is Jane Doe or Mary Major. A second male suspect is dubbed Richard Roe, and subsequent ones are referred to as John Stiles and Richard Miles.
its a friend of john deer-duh..not really i was kidding
During the reign of England's King Edward III, a famous legal document refers to a hypothetical landowner as "John Doe". Jane was added because it's the female equivalent to John.
Good question I'd like to know too.
I think the name "John" is used as sort of just a normal guy..like Joe. ( I think that because of a Dear John Letter.....) So John in this case would mean ordinary, unnamed...
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