FIFTH AMENDMENT

Fifth Amendment.The constitutional amendment, ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791,

providing that a person cannot be (1) required to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous

offense unless a grand jury issues an indictment or presentment, (2) subjected to double jeopardy,

(3) compelled to engage in self-incrimination on a criminal matter, (4) deprived of life, liberty, or

property without due process of law, or (5) deprived of private property for public use without just

compensation. [Cases: Witnesses 297. C.J.S. Witnesses § 522.][Blacks Law 8th]