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| an objection, as to a ruling of the court in the course of a trial |
| the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment |
| double jeopardy | |
| —n | |
| the act of prosecuting a defendant a second time for an offence for which he has already been tried | |
Trying a person twice in the same jurisdiction for the same crime, a practice prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. (See due process of law.)