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- DictionaryJohn Doe/ˌjän ˈdō/
noun
- 1. an anonymous party, typically the plaintiff, in a legal action: North American "identified only as John Doe, the plaintiff says he was on an academic scholarship"
noun
John Doe and Jane Doe are multiple-use placeholder names that are used in the United States when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed. In the context of law enforcement in the United States, such names are often used to refer to a corpse whose identity is unknown or cannot be confirmed. These names are also often used to refer to a hypothetical "everyman" in oth... Wikipedia