privilege against self incrimination

Noun
  1. The civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself (synset 105192078)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: civil right - right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
    same as: freedom from self-incrimination

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