take the fifth

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.]
专业法律词汇 词条贡献者
法律翻译王漾,在一家顶尖英国律师事务所的上海办公室担任全职法律翻译,专注翻译各类与大中华业务有关的法律文件。