twelve day rule

twelve-day rule. Criminal procedure. A rule in some jurisdictions requiring that a person charged with a felony be given a preliminary examination no later than 12 days after the arraignment on the original warrant. [Cases: Criminal Law 264. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 362–363.]

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