Former conviction
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A previous trini and conviction of the same offense as that now charged; pleadable in bar of the prosecution.
Slate v. Ellsworth, 131 N. C. 773, 42 S. E. 699. 92 Am. St. Rep. 790; Williams v. State, 13 Tex. App. 285, 46 Am. Rep. 237.