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bis in idem

frase em latim

full

double jeopardy

noun

Comparative law notes

Brazil

Translator tip: the term "double jeopardy" can refer either to the prohibition of putting someone on trial twice for the same offense ("não bis in dem") or to the very fact of putting someone on trial twice for the same offense ("bis in idem"). To avoid confusion, we recommend translating "não bis in indem", "proibição do bis in idem" and "princípio do ne bis in idem" as "double jeopardy clause", "double jeopardy rule" or "protection against double jeopardy".

Definitions of double jeopardy

English

the action of putting someone on trial twice for the same offence

After a change in the double jeopardy law in 2005, Billy Dunlop was jailed for life for Julie Hogg's murder.