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Bookmark or Share- 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.
- Why do we call unknown-named people Jane/John 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.
- "Dear Dad" John Doe (Featured case) : r/gratefuldoe - RedditAmong John Doe’s possessions were a bus ticket from Panama City Beach, Florida that had writing on it. This writing was illegible. He had a blue shirt with a 16.5 inch collar and 34-35 inch arm length.
- What is the equivalent of "John Doe" or "Jane Doe" in Turkish?Sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa isn't equivalent to John/Jane Doe. John Doe is used as a name. Sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa is used to refer to a person. For example you might see court proceedings that name a secret witness etc. John or Jane Doe, but you will never see a secret witness "sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa." You will see "The FBI has ...
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