Once In Jeopardy
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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 conviction and punishment for the same offense.
See Com. v. Fitzpatrick, 121 Pa. 109, 15 Atl. 466, 1 In R. A. 451, 6 Am. St. Rep. 757.
Once quit aud cleared, ever quit and cleared. (Scotch, anis quit and clenged, ay quit and clenged.) Skene, de Verb. Sign, voc. "Iter.," ad fin.