A phrase used to express the condition of a person charged with crime, who has once already, by legal proceedings , been put In danger of conviction and punishment for the same offense . See Com. v. Fitzpatrick, 121 Pa. 109, 15 Atl. 466, 1 L. R. A. 451, 6 Am. St. Rep. 757. Once quit and cleared, ever quit and cleared. (Scotch, anis quit and clenged, ay quit and clenged.) Skene, de Verb. Sign, voc. “Iter.,” ad fin.
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