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  2. John Doe - Wikipedia

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    However, the legal term John Doe injunction or John Doe order [4] has survived in English law and other legal systems influenced by it. Other names, such as " Joe Bloggs " or "John Smith", have sometimes been informally used as placeholders for an every-man in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand; however such names are seldom used in legal or ...

  3. Doe subpoena - Wikipedia

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    A Doe subpoena is a subpoena that seeks the identity of an unknown defendant to a lawsuit.Most jurisdictions permit a plaintiff who does not yet know a defendant's identity to file suit against a placeholder defendant, using the name John Doe or Jane Doe.

  4. Fictitious defendants - Wikipedia

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    Dr. John Doe is a doctor employed by Jones Memorial, and at all relevant times was the plaintiff's treating physician. The identity of the treating physician is unknown to the plaintiff despite the plaintiff's best efforts to identify the doctor.

  5. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    Blackacre" and "John Doe" or "Jane Doe" are often used as placeholder names in law. Other more common and colloquial versions of names exist, including "Joe Shmoe", "Joe Blow", and "Joe Bloggs". "Tom, Dick and Harry" may be used to refer to a group of nobodies or unknown men. "John Smith" or "Jane Smith" is sometimes used as a placeholder on ...

  6. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Used in colonial and Federal Era American cases when the defendant is listed first; e.g., "John Doe v. Richard Roe" is labeled "Richard Roe ads. John Doe." The long script "S" of the period often makes this appear as "adj." adj. — see "ad." above. Aff'd – affirmed; AG or A-G – Advocate general (European Union)

  7. Placeholder name - Wikipedia

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    Placeholder name on a website. Placeholder names are intentionally overly generic and ambiguous terms referring to things, places, or people, the names of which or of whom do not actually exist; are temporarily forgotten, or are unimportant; or in order to avoid stigmatization, or because they are unknowable or unpredictable given the context of their discussion; or to deliberately expunge ...

  8. No quarter - Wikipedia

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    No quarter, during military conflict or piracy, implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner, but executed.Since the Hague Convention of 1899, it is considered a war crime; it is also prohibited in customary international law and by the Rome Statute.

  9. Sodomy laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    John Doe alleged his constitutional rights were violated when he was forced to register as a sex offender upon moving to Idaho due to a conviction for "oral sex" 2 decades prior. [25] On May 17, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed an Omnibus Judiciary and Public Safety Bill that included provisions repealing the state's sodomy, adultery ...