John - Jane Doe

[Sarah Mayer]

Where does John and Jane Doe come from?

[Quizmonster]

If you click http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991105", that will link you to a web-page which explains.

[Quizmonster]

Oh dear! The link failed. Let me try again. Click http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991105 for the answer.

 

[cheyenne]

A rough council estate where i was brought up,no kidding they lived around the corner,but they might not be the ones you are talking about.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah what the site doesnt say is that using the legal fiction enabled the Kings Court remove the case from local jurisdiction and to hear the case itself. (money)

Like a lot of things, such as grand juries, these things dropped out most of English Law but persisted in American law ? because jury trials are mentioned somewhere in the (written) constitution

[eskimo]

I heard that the term meant John/Jane DOA meaning an unidentified male/female who entered a hospital 'Dead On Arrival'.

[stoofur]

I am pretty sure nobody knows where they came from. Or even what there real names are. That is why they give them the name John or Jane. :-p

Hope that helps.