Search Result for "double jeopardy":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

double jeopardy
    n 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