Once In Jeopardy
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A phrase used to express the condition of a person charged with crime, who has once already, by legal proceedings, been put in danger of convic tion and punishment for the same offense. Once quit and cleared, ever quit and cleared. (Seotch, anis quit and clenged, ay quit and clenged.} Skene, de Verb. Sign. yoc. “Iter.,” ad lin. N ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND