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  • 1Immunity from prosecution (international law) — Immunity from prosecution is a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences. Immunities are of two types. The first is functional immunity, or immunity ratione materiae . This is an immunity… …

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  • 2immunity from assault — index inviolability Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3immunity from suit — The removal of certain persons or things from the exercise of jurisdiction for reasons of public policy. The established principle of jurisprudence, applicable in favor of the United States and a state, that the sovereign cannot be sued in its… …

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  • 4immunity from liability — An exemption from liability based on the nature of the defendant, such as a charitable corporate body; not nonliability under the application of tort law. Anno: 25 ALR2d 36. The rule that a judge is not civilly liable for acts done in the… …

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  • 5immunity from process — The privilege of exemption from service of civil process of persons acting in certain capacities, or occupying a certain status, at the time, such as Congressmen, members of a legislature, and parties or witnesses in attendance at court. 42 Am… …

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  • 6Certificate of Immunity from Listing — In England a Certificate of Immunity from Listing, generally known as a Certificate of Immunity, is a document which guarantees that a building will not be statutorily listed (a national government register) or be served with a preservation order …

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  • 7state's immunity from suit — See immunity from suit …

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  • 8immunity from arrest — A privilege of narrow scope whereunder a few persons are rendered not subject to arrest on a criminal charge. 5 Am J2d Arr § 95. A privilege of broader scope whereunder a person of a certain class or performing a particular function at the time… …

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  • 9immunity — im·mu·ni·ty /i myü nə tē/ n pl ties [Latin immunitas, from immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in non + munis (from munia services)] 1: exemption from a duty or liability that is granted by law to a person or class of persons a… …

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  • 10Immunity — Immunity: Medicine Immunity (medical), resistance of an organism to infection or disease. Immunity (journal), a scientific journal published by Cell Press Law Amnesty law, immunity from past crimes Charitable immunity, immunity from liability… …

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