Hungarian Baby Names. Rubikâs Cube, Tokaji wine and Goulash â all these have a common denominator â Hungary. From the country of thermal lakes and spicy sausages comes a naming tradition as unique as the Hungarian language itself! Andris Virile, manly.
â¢ DOUBLE JEOPARDY (noun) The noun DOUBLE JEOPARDY has 1 sense: 1. the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution. Familiarity information: DOUBLE JEOPARDY used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
Double jeopardy is one of the oldest legal concepts in Western civilization. In 355 b.c. , Athenian statesman Demosthenes said, [T]he law forbids the same man to be tried twice on the same issue.. The Romans codified this principle in the Digest of Justinian I in a.d. 533.