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contracts. Where the insured makes, two insurances on the same risk, and the same interest. 12 Mass. 214. It differs from re-insurance in this, that it is made by the insured, with a view of receiving a double satisfaction in case of loss; whereas a re-insurance is made by a former insurer, his executors or assigns, to protect himself and his estate from a risk to which they … [Read more...] about DOUBLE INSURANCE

A criminal defendant may not be tried twice for a crime when the defendant's life and liberty were in jeopardy and the defendant could have been convicted at that first trial. A prosecutor may not have a second bite at an apple where the first attempt to convict a criminal defendant failed through no fault of the defendant. … [Read more...] about DOUBLE JEOPARDY

In Scotch law. Judicial sentence, or judgment The decision or sentence of a court orally pronounced by an officer called a "dempster" or "deemster." In modern usage, criminal sentences still end with the words "which is pronounced for doom." … [Read more...] about DOOM

French law. The act by which the founder of a hospital, or other charity, endows it with property to fulfill its destination. … [Read more...] about DOTATION

See DOMESDAY-BOOK. … [Read more...] about DOOMSDAY-BOOK