NON BIS IN IDEM

non bis in idem (non bis in I-dem). [Latin] Scots law. Not twice for the same thing. • The phrase usu. referred to the law forbidding more than one trial for the same offense. It essentially refers to the double-jeopardy bar. — Also termed non bis idem; non bis in eodem. See DOUBLE JEOPARDY.

[Blacks Law 8th]