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  2. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. It was ratified, along with nine other articles, in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court has extended most, but not all, rights of the Fifth Amendment to the ...

  3. Due Process Clause - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A Due Process Clause is found in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit the deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" by the federal and state governments, respectively, without due process of law. [1][2][3] The U.S. Supreme Court interprets these clauses to guarantee a variety of ...

  4. Garrity warning - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court found that the officer had been deprived of his Fifth Amendment right to silence. A typical Garrity warning (exact wording varies between state and/or local investigative agencies) may read as follows: You are being asked to provide information as part of an internal and/or administrative investigation.

  5. Double Jeopardy Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment, like all the other guaranties in the first eight amendments, applies only to proceedings by the federal government (Barron v. City of Baltimore , 7 Pet. 243), and the double jeopardy therein forbidden is a second prosecution under authority of the federal government after a first trial for the same offense under the same ...

  6. Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits

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    The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP) is a set of rules on the issuance and use of letters of credit. The UCP is utilized by bankers and commercial parties in more than 175 countries in trade finance. Some 11-15% of international trade utilizes letters of credit, totaling over a trillion dollars (US) each year.

  7. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Fifth Amendment. Double Jeopardy Clause. Due Process Clause (along with the Fourteenth Amendment) Self-Incrimination Clause. Takings Clause. Grand Jury Clause.

  8. Full Faith and Credit Clause - Wikipedia

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    Article IV, Section 1: Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. The Full Faith and Credit Clause as it appears in the ...

  9. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled that, with the Fifth Amendment, this amendment requires what has become known as the Miranda warning. [151] The Seventh Amendment (1791) extends the right to a jury trial to federal civil cases, and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. Although the Seventh Amendment itself says that it is ...