DUPLICITY

duplicity (d[y]oo-plis-i-tee), n.1. Deceitfulness; double-dealing. 2. The charging of the same

offense in more than one count of an indictment. 3. The pleading of two or more distinct grounds

of complaint or defense for the same issue. • In criminal procedure, this takes the form of joining

two  or  more  offenses in  the  same  count  of  an  indictment. —  Also  termed  double  pleading.  Cf.

alternative  pleading  under  PLEADING(2);  double  plea  under  PLEA(3).  [Cases:  Indictment  and

Information    125;  Pleading    64.  C.J.S.  Indictments  and  Informations  §§  146–148;  Pleading  §

152.] [Blacks Law 8th]