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  • proper noun informal, with the The Fifth Amendment.
  • proper noun informal, with the, by extension The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
  • proper noun Fifth Avenue.
  • proper noun Fifth Street.

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From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in United States legal proceedings.

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