NON BIS IN IDEM
\nˈɒn bˈɪs ɪn ˈa͡ɪdəm], \nˈɒn bˈɪs ɪn ˈaɪdəm], \n_ˈɒ_n b_ˈɪ_s ɪ_n ˈaɪ_d_ə_m]\
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Not twice for the same; that is, a man shall not be twice tried for the same crime. This maxim of the civil law (Code, 9, 2, 9, 11) expresses the same principle as the familiar rule of our law that a mau shall uot be twice "put iu jeopardy" for the same offense.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).