JANE DOE

By SovConn | June 16, 2013

Jane Doe.A fictitious name for a female party to a legal proceeding, used because the party’s true identity is unknown or because her real name is being withheld. — Also termed Jane Roe; Mary Major. Cf. JOHN DOE. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 101; Parties 73.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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