2006-07-18 08:27:15 · 5 answers · asked by Amelia N 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
NO JOHN HANCOCK SIGNED TH DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
JOHN DOE ORIGINATED BACK TO THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD lll, DURNING A LEGAL ORDER CALLED "ACTS OF EJECTMENT.
JOHN DOE IS USED FOR ANY PERSON THAT IS A MALE UNABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED. JANE DOE IS FOR FEMALES.
2006-07-18 08:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
In the United States, the name John Doe is used for a defendant or victim in a legal example or for a person whose identity is unknown or is intended to be anonymous. Male corpses whose identity is unknown are also known by the name John Doe. A female who is not known is referred to as Jane Doe. A child or baby whose identity is unknown can be referred to as Baby Doe, or in one particular case, as Precious Doe. Additional people in the same family may be called James Doe, Judy Doe, etc. An anonymous plaintiff is known as Richard Roe, or Jane Roe in the case of a woman. The Oxford English Dictionary states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe". Likewise, the Nuttall encyclopedia states that John O'Noakes or John Noakes is a fictitious name for a litigious person, used by lawyers in actions of ejectment.
2006-07-18 15:43:35 · answer #2 · answered by impounder69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't he one of the original signatories of the Declaration of Independence?
2006-07-18 15:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a British name so i guess England.
2006-07-18 15:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by Nicholais S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe its cause no one has that name?
2006-07-18 15:30:33 · answer #5 · answered by torie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋