John Doe and Jane Doe

[nq:1]In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe is an "acronym" for a unknown corpse - but what are the similar words in British English- if any?[/nq]
I'm glad you put acronym in quotes, because it's not an acronym. It's a name or a term. Look up acronym in the dictionary.

John Doe, etc. are used not just for an unknown corpse but for any unidentified person.
For example, there ar

[nq:1]In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe is an "acronym" for a unknown corpse - but what are the similar words in British English- if any?[/nq]
They are not acronyms. An acroynym is an initialism that can be pronounced as a word, NATO, for example.
(In general BrE "acronym" is often used for any initialism.)

The name John Doe originated in the English legal system. I don't

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[nq:2]In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe ... what are the similar words in British English- if any?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm glad you put acronym in quotes, because it's not an acronym. It's a name or a term. Look up acronym in the dictionary.[/nq]
I know what a acronym is e.g. NATO - but I chose the word in the lack of a better word at the moment

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[nq:2]In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe ... what are the similar words in British English- if any?[/nq]
[nq:1]They are not acronyms. An acroynym is an initialism that can be pronounced as a word, NATO, for example.[/nq]
I know that - did you notice I put the word in quotation marks?
[nq:1](In general BrE "acronym" is of

[nq:1]I thank you for the etymology of the word but it doesn't say whether you in BrE uses John Doe in the same way as in the USA.[/nq]
I think I answered that in my posting:
[nq:2]The name John Doe originated in the English legal system. ... a way that they are reported in the news media.[/nq]
John Doe and related names are not used in BrE in the same way as in the USA as far as I kno

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[nq:2]I thank you for the etymology of the word but ... John Doe in the same way as in the USA.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think I answered that in my posting:[/nq]
[nq:1] John Doe and related names are not used in BrE in the same way as in the USA as far as I know.[/nq]
Oh, I missed this point - thank you again. But what are they using the

[nq:2]I think I answered that in my posting: ... as in the USA as far as I know.[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh, I missed this point - thank you again. But what are they using then -i.e. the police or the medico-legals?[/nq]
I'm not professionally involved, but I think that letters are sometimes used: Woman X, Man X, Child X, Baby X. If there is more than one woman, man, child or baby to be named then ot

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[nq:1]Letters are sometimes used in court to preserve the anonymity of people involved. Two cases I've seen cited are: X & Y v Persons Unknown, and CC v AB.[/nq]
I see -thank you for your input. I can now figure out wheter a film I am watching is American or English :-)))

[nq:1]In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe ...what are the similar words in British English- if any?[/nq]
BTW, I still don't know about Britain but in Hebrew the name would be Ploni Almoni. This goes back at least to the Book of Ruth and is used in the Talmud, and used in Torah study ever since, and used on the web by anonymous posters, and used in Israel today, for Torah study and probab

[nq:1]In the USA the names John Doe or Jane Doe is an "acronym" for a unknown corpse - but what are the similar words in British English- if any?[/nq]
Not an acronym, more an alias.
In New Zealand and Australia at least, "John Doe" might be employed or "Mr A" or some ad hoc invention b y the journalist, police or court.

Broadening the use of "John Doe" to refer to "the man in the