AUTREFOIS ACQUIT
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AUTREFOIS ACQUITAUTREFOIS ACQUIT, crim. law, pleading. A plea made by a defendant, indicted
for a crime or misdemeanor, that he has formerly been tried and acquitted ofthe same offence. See a form of this plea in Arch. Cr. Pl. 90. 2. To be a bar, the acquittal must
have been by trial, and by theverdict of a jury on a valid indictment. Hawk. B. 2, c. 25, s. 1; 4 Bl. Com.335. There must be an acquittal of the offence charged in law and in
fact.Stark. Pl. 355; 2 Swift's Dig. 400 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 452; 2 Russ. on Cr. 41. 3. The Constitution of the U. S., Amend. Art. 5, provides that noperson shall be subject for
the same offence to be put twice in jeopardy oflife or limb. Vide generally, 12 Serg. & Rawle, 389; Yelv. 205 a, note.
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