Double jeopardy. Double jeopardy is a procedural defence that prevents an accused person from being tried again on the same (or similar) charges and on the same facts, following a valid acquittal or conviction.
Definition of PASTITSIO. : a Greek baked dish made of ground meat layered with pasta and usually topped with white sauce and cheese.pasÂ·tiÂ·tsio also pastitso \-ËtÄt-(Ë)sÅ\. ADVERTISEMENT.efinition of PASTITSIO. : a Greek baked dish made of ground meat layered with pasta and usually topped with white sauce and cheese. pasÂ·tiÂ·tsio also pastitso \-ËtÄt-(Ë)sÅ\. ADVERTISEMENT.
Casticismo is a tendency among Spanish and Latin American intellectuals to reject foreign loanwords and stick to traditional Spanish roots. An example is deporte, a word recovered from Medieval Castilian meaning pastime, that successfully replaced the Anglicism sport, which has the same Latin origin as the Spanish word.