exculpatory no doctrine
exculpatory-no doctrine. Criminal law. The principle that a person cannot be charged with making a false statement for falsely denying guilt in response to an investigator’s question. • This doctrine is based on the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. But the U.S. Supreme Court has overruled this doctrine in federal law. Brogan v. United States, 522 U.S. 398, 118 S.Ct. 805 (1998). [Cases: Fraud 68.10(1).]