plea of double jeopardy
1Double jeopardy — For other uses, see Double jeopardy (disambiguation). Criminal procedure …
2Plea — For the pygmy backswimmer genus, see Plea (insect). In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a civil or criminal case under common law using the adversary system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion …
3former jeopardy — Also called double jeopardy. Plea of former jeopardy, that a person cannot be tried for an offense more than once, is fundamental common law and constitutional right of defendant, affording protection against the defendant being again tried for… …
4former jeopardy — Also called double jeopardy. Plea of former jeopardy, that a person cannot be tried for an offense more than once, is fundamental common law and constitutional right of defendant, affording protection against the defendant being again tried for… …
5Peremptory plea — In the common law, the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar), are pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot go ahead. They are the plea of autrefois convict, the plea of autrefois acquit, and the plea of pardon.A plea of autrefois… …
6former jeopardy — n 1: a common law plea in bar of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict 2: double jeopardy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
7au|tre|fois ac|quit — «oh trehf WAH a KEE», Law. the plea that the defendant had been tried by another court for the same offense and been acquitted; a plea of double jeopardy. ╂[< French autrefois acquit formerly acquitted] …
8motion — In parliamentary law, the formal mode in which a member submits a proposed measure or resolve for the consideration and action of the meeting. An application made to a court or judge for purpose of obtaining a rule or order directing some act to… …
9motion — In parliamentary law, the formal mode in which a member submits a proposed measure or resolve for the consideration and action of the meeting. An application made to a court or judge for purpose of obtaining a rule or order directing some act to… …
10Heath v. Alabama — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Heath v. Alabama ArgueDate=October 9 ArgueYear=1985 DecideDate=December 3 DecideYear=1985 FullName=Larry Gene Heath v. Alabama USVol=474 USPage=82 Citation=106 S.Ct. 433, 88 L.Ed.2d 387 Prior=convicted, Superior… …
