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Bookmark or Share- John Doe across different languages : r/linguistics - RedditIn medieval morality plays in England and in the Dutch/Low Saxon-speaking regions, "Everyman" or "Anyman" were used in a similar way to John Doe. The legal use of John Doe (originally used almost exclusively for a fictitious plaintiff) and Richard Roe (for a defendant) extend into time immemorial in English Law (that is, before 1189.)
- Why unidentified people are called "John Doe" or "Jane Doe" - RedditThe John Doe custom was born out of a strange and long since vanished British legal process called an action of ejectment. Under old English common law, the actions landowners could take against squatters or defaulting tenants in court were often too technical and difficult to be of any use.
- Eli5 How the name “John/Jane Doe got associated with ... - RedditBoth names have been used in the English common law system to refer to an unknown person since before legal records were widely kept. No one knows exactly why those names were picked beyond the fact that John Doe/Jane Doe would have been very common names in medieval England and would have very much been the "Joe Average" of their day.
- Who remembers the March 18th, 2017 Controversy? : r/roblox - RedditDidn't believe in that one because back in 2010 there were tons of videos stating that they were just test accounts, ofcourse thats what they are, since John Doe and Jane Doe are usual dummy names. But people, like 90% of them being kids, believed that they were some kind of spooooky hack account, and started spreading the information without ...
- [Se7en] Somerset sells info to John Doe (spoilers) : r/FanTheories - RedditSomebody sold info to John Doe to get him to the crime scene where he took David's picture, and then David literally spelled out his name to him, not knowing he was John Doe. After that, John Doe could easily find out info about David and Tracy, and she would have 100% begged for her baby's life.
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