Fifth
See also: fifth
English
editEtymology
edit(Fifth Amendment): From the name of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, protecting various rights in US legal proceedings.
Proper noun
editFifth
- (chiefly US, informal, with the) The Fifth Amendment.
- (chiefly US, informal, with the, by extension) The right not to give self-incriminating testimony.
- (chiefly US) Fifth Avenue.
- 2003, Cecily Von Ziegesar, Because I'm worth it[1]:
- […] besides marrying Nate Archibald and living happily every after in the ivy-covered brick town house just off Fifth that she already had picked out
- (chiefly US) Fifth Street.
Related terms
editTranslations
editFifth Amendment — see Fifth Amendment