Definition of Jane Doe

1. Noun. An unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings.

Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Party

Definition of Jane Doe

1. Noun. (idiomatic) Female equivalent of John Doe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jane Doe

Jan Christian Smuts
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Jan Hendrix Oort
Jan Hus
Jan Mayen
Jan Swammerdam
Jan Tinbergen
Jan Vermeer
Jan van Eyck
Jan van der Meer
Janaki
Jane
Jane-of-apes
Jane Austen
Jane Crow
Jane Doe (current term)
Jane Does
Jane Fonda
Jane Goodall
Jane Jacobs
Jane Seymour
Jane Sixpack
Janeite
Janeiteism
Janeites
Janelle
Janes
Janet's test
Janets
Janette

Literary usage of Jane Doe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"His relationship with Jane Doe 14 is illustrative. Over a three-month period, he had sexual intercourse with her on repeated occasions. ..."

2. All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons by Dorothy Q. Thomas (1996)
"The first time Jane Doe 85 had sex with Philyaw, he called her into the room, ... Jane Doe 85 told us that she and Philyaw had sexual relations on four or ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of Ohio by Carl Gustave Jahn, Circuit Courts, Ohio Circuit Courts, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court (1899)
"It is clear in this case, that so far as Jane Doe is concerned, ... Manning by Jane Doe, or was it the purpose and intent to extort from Jane Doe the ..."

4. A Practical Treatise Upon the Criminal Law and Practice of the State of New by John H. Colby (1868)
"And, whereas, we have duly examined the said Jane Doe, on oath, in the presence of the said William Gray, concerning and touching the father of said child, ..."

5. Statistical Report by New York (N.Y.). Police Dept (1906)
"On May 19, 1908, there arrived by the steamship Mauretania an alien woman named Jane Doe who was arrested on a warrant issued by the Department of Commerce ..."

6. The American Lawyer, and Business-man's Form-book: Containing Forms and by Delos White Beadle (1860)
"In trust to convey the said land and premises to such, person or persons as she, the said Jane Doe, by her last will and testament, or by an instrument in ..."

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