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Take the fifth — may refer to: *Taking the Fifth, the act of refusing to testify under oath in a court of law on the grounds that the answers that would be given would incriminate the person under oath * Take the Fifth , a song by Spoon from their 2001 album… … Wikipedia
take the fifth — v. To invoke the Fifth Amendment as justification for refusing to answer a question in a criminal prosecution. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
take the fifth — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Taking refuge behind the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States which guarantees any witness the right not to incriminate himself while testifying at a trial. * /Alger Hiss took the Fifth when asked… … Dictionary of American idioms
take the fifth — verb To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating. If you ask me who ate the last of the ice cream, I will simply take the fifth. Syn: plead the fifth … Wiktionary
take the Fifth — ➡ Fifth Amendment. * * * … Universalium
The Fifth Horseman (novel) — The Fifth Horseman is a novel (hard cover, paperback, and book on audio cassette) written by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. In a suspenseful novel of terrorist threat, Libyan leader Qaddafi holds New York City hostage with the threat of… … Wikipedia
The Fifth Page — The 4400 episode Title = The Fifth Page Season = 2 Episode = 12 Airdate = August 21, 2005 Writer = Ira Steven Behr Craig Sweeny Director = Scott Peters Prev = Lockdown Next = Mommy s Bosses IMDb id = 0502806 The Fifth Page is an episode of the… … Wikipedia
plead the Fifth — verb To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves. Syn: take the fifth … Wiktionary
plead the fifth — verb To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker. Syn: take the fifth … Wiktionary
The Fifth Man (novel) — Infobox Book name = The Fifth Man author = John B. Olsen and Randall S. Ingermanson country = United States language = English cover artist = Lookout Design Group, Inc. (actual person uncredited) genre = Science fiction publisher =… … Wikipedia
