jeopardy
121in jeopardy — in danger. It worries me that the money for these projects is in jeopardy, and I wonder what we will do if there is no money. Fiona s injury put her basketball career in jeopardy …
122in jeopardy — likely to be damaged or destroyed His political career was in jeopardy. The crisis put thousands of jobs in jeopardy …
123double jeopardy — Fifth Amendment guarantee, enforceable against states through Fourteenth Amendment, protects against second prosecution for same offense after acquittal or conviction, and against multiple punishments for same offense. North Carolina v. Pearce,… …
124legal jeopardy — A person is in legal jeopardy when he is put upon trial before a court of competent jurisdiction upon an indictment or information which is sufficient in form and substance to sustain a conviction, and a jury has been charged with his deliverance …
125double jeopardy — Fifth Amendment guarantee, enforceable against states through Fourteenth Amendment, protects against second prosecution for same offense after acquittal or conviction, and against multiple punishments for same offense. North Carolina v. Pearce,… …
126legal jeopardy — A person is in legal jeopardy when he is put upon trial before a court of competent jurisdiction upon an indictment or information which is sufficient in form and substance to sustain a conviction, and a jury has been charged with his deliverance …
127twice in jeopardy — See jeopardy once in jeopardy …
128in jeopardy — A technical expression used in stating the rule of former jeopardy or double jeopardy; on trial before a court of competent jurisdiction, on an indictment sufficient in form and substance to sustain a conviction, the jury having been charged with …
