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Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. The legal term 'double jeopardy' is a legal defence whereby an accused person cannot be tried for the same offence twice based on the same fact if they have already been convicted or acquitted of the same offence.
What is double jeopardy? Double jeopardy refers to a person being prosecuted again for the same offense (1) after having been being acquitted, [2] a second prosecution for the same offense after conviâ¦ction; and [3] multiple punishments for the same offense.