English Dictionary

Jordan rule

名詞

カナダ英語 不可算名詞

(Canada, crime, law, politics, constitution, human rights) A rule about how long criminal court cases can take, and when exceeding the determined limit, is considered excessive and violating constitutional rights, and thus the criminal proceedings are summarily terminated with no recourse, and the defendant released. The limit of 18 or 30 months from placing criminal charges to trial is established in the rule.

日本語の意味

犯罪の起訴から裁判開始までの一定期間（18または30ヶ月）を超えると、その刑事訴訟が違憲と判断され、訴訟が即時終了され被告が釈放されることを定めた規則

The defence lawyer argued that the charges should be stayed under the Jordan rule after the delay exceeded the 30-month ceiling from charge to trial.

弁護人は、訴追から裁判までの遅延を18か月または30か月に制限するカナダのルールの下で、遅延が起訴から裁判までの30か月の上限を超えたため訴追を中止すべきだと主張した。

意味（1）

(Canada, crime, law, politics, constitution, human rights) A rule about how long criminal court cases can take, and when exceeding the determined limit, is considered excessive and violating constitutional rights, and thus the criminal proceedings are summarily terminated with no recourse, and the defendant released. The limit of 18 or 30 months from placing criminal charges to trial is established in the rule.