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autrefois convict
autrefois convict [Anglo-French, formerly convicted] : a defendant's plea stating that he
Autrefois convict
Autrefois convict (formerly convicted), plea of. The defence of a person charged
Autretois acquit and autrefois convict
Autretois acquit and autrefois convict, they are pleas which are concerned with the judicial determination
former jeopardy
: a common-law plea in bar of autrefois acquit or autrefois convict 2 : double jeopardy
Plea
(3) Special pleas in bar, as (a) Autrefois acquit. (b) Autrefois convict. (c) Pardon. (4) General issue of not guilty.
Nemo debet bis vexari, si constat curi' quod sit pro una et eadem causa
maxim, see Rex. v. Simpson, (1914) 1 KB 66. See AUTREFOIS CONVICT. But an abortive trial without a verdict, as if a
Autrefois acquit
Autrefois acquit (formerly acquitted), a plea in criminal cases; when a … first indictment were such that he could have been lawfully convicted on it; and if he be thus indicted a second
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