Jordan rule

English

Etymology

From the defendant, Barrett Richard Jordan, in the Canadian criminal court case, known as R v Jordan, whose resolution, the ruling decision, that established the rule.

Noun

Jordan rule (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, crime, law, politics, constitution, human rights) A rule regarding the length of a criminal court case, usually limited to eighteen or thirty months from filing charges to trial.

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