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the Fifth Amendment Definition


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the Fifth Amendment
noun
    1. 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.
      Example: take the Fifth Amendment
      Example: invoked the Fifth
      Form: the Fifth (often)


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