double jeopardy

See also: Double Jeopardy

English

Noun

double jeopardy (uncountable)

Examples

A was alleged to kill B and was tried for murder in 2000. A was found not guilty in that year. The next year, the prosecution commences action on A on murder again. This is double jeopardy and, usually may be dismissed summarily by A's defence. Note that there might be exceptions of the general rule against double jeopardy. Part 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) in England and Wales, which allows retrial of certain serious offences, is an example.

1. (law) The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.
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     In the intervening years, the Costa Rican justice system (which has no double jeopardy law) has tried Ann Bender for murder on three separate occasions; of these, she was convicted once and acquitted twice.

Translations

trying someone twice for the same offense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙重追訴 / 双重追诉 (shuāngchóng zhuīsù), 一事不再理 (zh) (yīshì bùzàilǐ), 一罪兩審 / 一罪两审 (yīzuì liǎngshěn)

• Finnish: uudelleen syyttäminen
• Georgian: ერთსა და იმავე დანაშაულისთვის სისხლის სამართლის ორჯერ პასუხისგება (ertsa da imave današaulistvis sisxlis samartlis orǯer ṗasuxisgeba), სისხლის სამართლის პასუხისგებაში ორჯერ მიცემა ერთი და იგივე დანაშაულისთვის (sisxlis samartlis ṗasuxisgebaši orǯer micema erti da igive današaulistvis)
• German: nicht zweimal in derselben Sache, Doppelbestrafung f
• Irish: contúirt dhúbailte f
• Japanese: 一事不再理 (ja) (いちじふさいり, ichijifusairi)
• Korean: 일사부재리(一事不再理) (ilsabujaeri)
• Latin: ne bis in idem
• Russian: (no exact equivalent exists) риск два́жды понести́ уголо́вную отве́тственность за одно́ и то́ же преступле́ние m (risk dváždy ponestí ugolóvnuju otvétstvennostʹ za odnó i tó že prestuplénije), не два́жды за одно́ и то́ же (ne dváždy za odnó i tó že)
• Tagalog: makalawang pagkasuong

See also

• ne bis in idem