# Jordan rule

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A rule regarding the length of a criminal court case, usually limited to eighteen or thirty months from filing charges to trial.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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