单词 | double jeopardy |
释义 | double jeopardy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Lawdouble jeopardyˌdouble ˈjeopardy noun [uncountable] lawSCLwhen someone is taken to court a second time for the same crime, in some unusual situationsExamples from the Corpusdouble jeopardy• Nor is there any double jeopardy bar to a civil case following a criminal acquittal.• None was a case of double jeopardy.• The review of double jeopardy is not a zany proposal.• Abolishing the rule of double jeopardy after a full trial and jury acquittal is unprincipled and impractical, he said.• Does the Merger Regulation prevent double jeopardy?• Lawyers argued that it would be unfair and oppressive to remove the protection of the double jeopardy rule. |
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