Blockburger test

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After the 1932 legal case Blockburger v. United States.

Proper noun[edit]

Blockburger test

  1. (US, law) The test of whether multiple crimes violating the same statute represent separate offenses, based on whether each one requires proof of some distinct element.

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