Idiom
Jane Roe
Meaning
The female equivalent of Richard Roe.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The legal form uses the name Jane Roe for the unknown woman.”
“In the court document, the unidentified female plaintiff is referred to as Jane Roe to protect her privacy.”
“When the identity of a female defendant remains unknown during legal proceedings, the court assigns her the placeholder name Jane Roe.”
Examples
simple
“The legal form uses the name Jane Roe for the unknown woman.”
contextual
“In the court document, the unidentified female plaintiff is referred to as Jane Roe to protect her privacy.”
complex
“When the identity of a female defendant remains unknown during legal proceedings, the court assigns her the placeholder name Jane Roe.”
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