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Jordan's rule

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Jordan's rule [′jȯrd·ənz ‚rül]
(evolution)
The rule that organisms which are closely related tend to occupy adjacent rather than identical or distant ranges.
(vertebrate zoology)
The rule that fishes in areas of low temperatures tend to have more vertebrae than those in warmer waters.
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In 2006, Human Rights Watch documented cases of torture by the GID in a report titled "Suspicious Sweeps: The General Intelligence Department and Jordan's Rule of Law Problem" (http://www.
United Kingdom: Stop Deportations to Risk of Torture by Albawaba.com
According to the water-sharing plan, which took into account Jordan's rule over the West Bank, the kingdom would get a share of 720m cubic meters of water a year, but this amount was calculated to meet the country's needs at a time when Jordan only had half of its current population.
Defining a nation by Shahin, Mariam / The Middle East
 
 
 
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