noun
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑amendment
• Part Holonyms: ↑Bill of Rights
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an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, providing chiefly that no person be required to testify against himself or herself in a criminal case and that no person be subjected to a second trial for an offense for which he or she has been duly tried previously.
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Fifth Amendment noun
An amendment to the US constitution which allows a person on trial not to testify against himself or herself and forbids a second trial if a person has been acquitted in a first
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Main Entry: ↑fifth
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Fifth Amendment,
an amendment to the United States Constitution and a part of the Bill of Rights, containing provision that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.”
Useful english dictionary. 2012.