Autrefois Acquit definition:
Previously acquitted; an accused cannot be tried for a crime because the record shows he has already been subjected to trial for the same conduct and was acquitted.
Autrefois acquit. Formerly acquitted. Autrefois convict. Formerly convicted.
Aver. To assert for the truth; to state in positive terms; to allege formally. See Averment (below).
Autrefois Acquit:
French word now part of English criminal law terminology. Refers to an accused who cannot be tried for a crime because the record shows he has already been subjected to trial for the same conduct and was acquitted.
autrefois acquit, previously acquitted of a crime.
bailiff, the marshal of the court, charged now chiefly with keeping order in the courtroom.
cestui que trust, sometimes shortened to cestui; the beneficiary of a trust.
(and possibly statutory rights in some states) that forbids the government from trying an accused citizen a second time for a crime, after having already been tried for the same crime. In ancient common law, a defendant would plead "autrefois acquit" ...
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