/ · 1894 Brewer’s · N · Non Bis in Idem (Latin)
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Not twice for the same thing—i.e. no man can be tried a second time on the same charge.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.