former jeopardy

former jeopardy. The fact of having previously been prosecuted for the same offense. • A defendant enters a plea of former jeopardy to inform the court that a second prosecution is improper. Cf. DOUBLE JEOPARDY. [Cases: Double Jeopardy 132. 1.]

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