Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa
- Term
- Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa
- Meaning
- No person shall be tried or punished twice for the same offence, embodying the double jeopardy rule.
- Context
Article 20(2) of the Constitution of Nepal embodies this maxim by guaranteeing that no person shall be prosecuted or punished twice for the same offence.