Jeopardy - Law Dictionary Search Results
dual sovereignty doctrine
(as a state government and the federal government) may prosecute an individual without violating the prohibition against double jeopardy if the individual's act breaks the laws of each sovereignty
attach
or after the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings "United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984)"] see also jeopardy at·tach·able adj at·tach·ment n
Se defendendo, Homicide
Se defendendo, Homicide, excusable manslaying in defence of one's own life, when attacked and put in jeopardy, 4 Steph. Com
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