jane doe

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   an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings

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   law

Questions about jane doe

What does jane doe mean?

jane doe means "an unknown or fictitious woman who is a party to legal proceedings".

Is jane doe a common word?

jane doe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.