freedom from double jeopardy
- noun
- /ˈfriːdəm frəm ˈdʌbəl ˈdʒɛpərdi/
- Formal
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libertad de doble enjuiciamiento
- The Constitution guarantees freedom from double jeopardy to protect individuals from repeated prosecution.
Examples
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Her lawyer argued that the new trial would violate her freedom from double jeopardy.
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Thanks to freedom from double jeopardy, he could not be tried a second time for the same incident.
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The freedom from double jeopardy is a fundamental right in the US.
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Every citizen deserves freedom from double jeopardy.
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The Constitution guarantees freedom from double jeopardy to protect individuals from repeated prosecution.
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Thanks to freedom from double jeopardy, he could not be tried a second time for the same incident.
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Her lawyer argued that the new trial would violate her freedom from double jeopardy.
Antonyms
How Protected
- Formal
- Formal
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5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
freedom + from + double + jeopardy
The constituents are individually interpretable — 'freedom from' (protection against), 'double' (twice) and 'jeopardy' (risk) — so a learner can infer a general idea of "protection from being put at risk twice." However, the exact legal sense (the constitutional right not to be tried twice for the same crime) is a specialized, collocationalized legal concept that is not fully predictable from everyday meanings, so prior exposure or legal knowledge is usually needed.
Etymology
Freedom from double jeopardy comes from the simple image of not being put into the same 'danger' twice. The word double means twice and jeopardy means danger of punishment, so the rule protects someone from being tried or punished again for the same crime.