jeop·ard·y 
(jĕpər-dē)
(jĕpər-dē)n. pl. jeop·ard·ies
1. Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.
2. Law A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.
[Middle English juperti, from Old French jeu parti, even game, uncertainty : jeu, game (from Latin iocus, joke, game; see yek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + parti, past participle of partir, to divide (from Latin partīre, from pars, part-, part; see PART).]