TAKE THE FIFTH

By SovConn | March 22, 2015

take the Fifth.To assert one’s right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. • A common but loose variant of the phrase is plead the Fifth: invoking the right is not a plea. See RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION N. [Cases: Witnesses 297. C.J.S. Witnesses § 522.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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