Jeopardy
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Danger; hazard; peril. Jeopardy ls the danger of conviction and punishment which the defendant in a criminal action incurs when a valid indictment has bcen found, and a petit jury has been impaneled and sworn to try the case and give a verdict.
State v. Nelson, 26 Ind. 368; State v. Emery, 59 Vt. 84, 7 Atl. 129; People v. Terrill, 132 Cal. 497, 64 Pac.'894; Mitchell v. State, 42 Ohio St. 383; Grogan v. State, 44 Ala. 9; Ex parte Glenn (C. C.) Ill Fed. 258; Alexander v. Com., 105 Pa. 9.