What does pleading the fifth mean?
Pleading the 5th is commonly used in the US legal sphere to describe the act of invoking the right against self-incrimination.
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"Pleading the Fifth" is the refusal to testify on the grounds that the testimony might tend to incriminate the witness in a crime.
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Pleading the 5th is the act of refusing to testify under oath in a court of law or any other tribunal. Thanks for using ChaCha!
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Plead the 5th is a refusal to answer a question because the response could hold self incriminating evidence.
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