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- Dictionarydouble jeopardy
noun
- 1. the prosecution or punishment of a person twice for the same offence: North American "he can still be prosecuted on that charge without double jeopardy"
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Legal procedural defense that prevents an accused person from being tried twice on same charges
Double jeopardy is a procedural defence (primarily in common law jurisdictions) that prevents an accused person from being tried again on the same (or similar) charges following an acquittal and in rare cases prosecutorial and/or judge misconduct in the same jurisdiction. A variation in civil law countries is the peremptory plea, which may take the specific forms of autrefois acquit ('previously a... Wikipedia