| 单词 | double jeopardy |
| 释义 | double jeopardynoun Law.the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished. Origin of double jeopardyFirst recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby double jeopardydouble hitch, double-hung, double in brass, double indemnity, double integral, double jeopardy, double-jointed, double jump, double-knit, double knitting, double life Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for double jeopardy
British Dictionary definitions for double jeopardydouble jeopardy nounthe act of prosecuting a defendant a second time for an offence for which he has already been tried Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for double jeopardydouble jeopardy Trying a person twice in the same jurisdiction for the same crime, a practice prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. (See due process of law.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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