duplicity

duplicity (d[y]oo-plis-i-tee), n.

1. Deceitfulness; double-dealing.

2. The charging of the same offense in more than one count of an indictment.

3. The pleading of two or more distinct grounds of complaint or defense for the same issue. • In criminal procedure, this takes the form of joining two or more offenses in the same count of an indictment. — Also termed double pleading. Cf. alternative pleading under PLEADING(2); double plea under PLEA(3). [Cases: Indictment and Information 125; Pleading 64. C.J.S. Indictments and Informations §§ 146–148; Pleading § 152.]

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