FREEDOM FROM DOUBLE JEOPARDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freedom from double jeopardy mean? 

• FREEDOM FROM DOUBLE JEOPARDY (noun)
  The noun FREEDOM FROM DOUBLE JEOPARDY has 1 sense:

1. a civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution

  Familiarity information: FREEDOM FROM DOUBLE JEOPARDY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREEDOM FROM DOUBLE JEOPARDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("freedom from double jeopardy" is a kind of...):

civil right (right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)