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This EPUB file provides an example of the EPUB file type. It discusses how placeholder names like "John Doe" and "Jane Doe" are used in legal contexts when someone's identity is unknown. These placeholder names originated in the United States and Canada but are less commonly used in other English-speaking countries. The document also provides background on how these placeholder names are used in popular culture and media.

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This EPUB file provides an example of the EPUB file type. It discusses how placeholder names like "John Doe" and "Jane Doe" are used in legal contexts when someone's identity is unknown. These placeholder names originated in the United States and Canada but are less commonly used in other English-speaking countries. The document also provides background on how these placeholder names are used in popular culture and media.

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The names " John Doe" for males, " Jane Doe" or " Jane Roe" for females,
or " Jonnie Doe" and " Janie Doe" for children, or just " Doe" non-gender-
specifically are used as placeholder names for a party whose true identity is
unknown or must be withheld in a legal action, case, or discussion. The
names are also used to refer to acorpse or hospital patient whose identity is
unknown. This practice is widely used in the United States and Canada, but
is rarely used in other English-speaking countries including the United
Kingdom itself, from where the use of "John Doe" in a legal context origi-
nates. The names Joe Bloggs or John Smith are used in the UK instead, as
well as in Australia and New Zealand.
John Doe is sometimes used to refer to a typical male in other contexts as
well, in a similar manner to John Q. Public, known in Great Britain as Joe
Public, John Smith or Joe Bloggs. For example, the first name listed on a
form is often John Doe, along with a fictional address or other fictional
information to provide an example of how to fill in the form. The name is
also used frequently in popular culture, for example in the Frank Capra film
Meet John Doe. John Doe was also the name of a 2002 American television
series.

Similarly, a child or baby whose identity is unknown may be referred to as


Baby Doe. A notorious murder case in Kansas City, Missouri, referred to
the baby victim as Precious Doe. Other unidentified female murder victims
are Cali Doe and Princess Doe. Additional persons may be called James
Doe, Judy Doe, etc. However, to avoid possible confusion, if two
anonymous or unknown parties are cited in a specific case or action, the
surnames Doe and Roe may be used simultaneously; for example, "John
Doe v. Jane Roe". If several anonymous parties are referenced, they may
simply be labelled John Doe #1, John Doe #2, etc. (the U.S. Operation
Delego cited 21 (numbered) "John Doe"s) or labelled with other variants of
Doe / Roe / Poe / etc. Other early alternatives such as John Stiles and
Richard Miles are now rarely used, and Mary Major has been used in
some American federal cases.

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