Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Incrimination
1. The act of charging someone with a crime. 2. The act of involving someone in a crime. - Also termed crimination. See SELF-INCRIMINATION. incroach, ub. Archaic. See ENCROACH.
Self-Incrimination Clause
The clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution barring the government from compelling criminal defendants to testify against themselves.
privilege against self-incrimination
See RIGHT AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION.
right against self-incrimination
A criminal defendant's or a witness's constitutional right - under the Fifth Amendment, but waiv-able under certain conditions - guaranteeing that a person cannot be compelled by the government to testify if the testimony might result in the person's being criminally prosecuted. ( Although this right is most often asserted during a criminal prosecution, a person can also "plead the Fifth" in a civil, legislative, administrative, or grand jury proceeding. - Also termed privilege against self-incrimination; right to remain silent. See SELF-INCRIMINATION.
self-incrimination
The act of indicating one's own involvement in a crime or exposing oneself to prosecution, esp. by making a statement. -Also termed self-crimination;