Once In Jeopardy

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Jeopardy." ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS clause. A precautionary stipulation inserted in a deed making a good tenant to the praecipe in a common recovery. See 1 Prest. Conv. 110.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A plea of former jeopardy for the same offense. See 121 Pa. 109, 6 Am. St. Rep. 757, 1 L. R. A. 451, 15 Atl. 466. See, also, Jeopardy.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Once put in peril of legal penalties. See Autrefois. Once a mortgage, always a mortgage: means that the right of redemption, in equity regarded as an inseparable incident to a mortgage, cannot be restricted or qualified, and that all restrictions or qualifications are void. One third new for old. See New for old.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

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

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Jeqpaedt.