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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.
double jeopardy. noun, Law. 1. the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished. Protected by the rule of double jeopardy, they smirked as they admitted their guilt to a journalist a few months later.