Autrefois convict
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Formerly convicted
In criminal law. A plea by a criminal in bar to an indictment that he has been formerly convicted of the same identical crime.
4 Bl. Comm. 336 ; 4 Steph. Comm. 404; Simco v. State, 9 Ter. App. 348; U. S v. Olsen (D. Ct) 57 Fed. 582; Shepherd v. People, 25 N. Y. 420.