autrefois acquit

autrefois acquit definition - legal

n

French

Formerly acquitted. A plea by a person indicted for a crime for which he or she had previously been tried and acquitted. See also double jeopardy and autrefois convict.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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