A phrase used to express the condition of a person charged with crime, who has once already, by legal proceedings, been pat in danger of conviction and punishment for the same offense. See Com. v. Fitzpatrick, 121 Pa. 109, 15 AtL 466, 1 L K. A. 451, 6 Am. St. Rep. 757
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
