Definition that contains fifth amendment
- freedom from self-incrimination the civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
- take the fifth amendment refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
- eminent domain the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made
- privilege against self incrimination the civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
- equal protection of the laws a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment
- right to due process a right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution; reaffirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment
- freedom from double jeopardy a civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution
- take the fifth refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
- double jeopardy the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution