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taking the Fifth n. the refusal to testify on the ground that the testimony might tend to incriminate the witness in a crime, based on the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution which provides that "No person....shall be compelled to be a witness against himself," applied to state courts by the 14th Amendment. The term became famous during televised Senate committee hearings on organized crime in 1951, when a series of crime bosses "took the Fifth." (See: self-incrimination) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He is taking the fifth spot in the rotation, which was vacated when veteran Scott Erickson was demoted to the bullpen. 2 million to Taking The Fifth LLC, registered by Barry Beitler at the address of L. Examples of non-statistical samples include reviewing one year (or one month) and applying the results to several years, selecting the ten largest accounts from several groups of accounts, or simply taking the fifth file from each drawer of a set of file cabinets. |
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