Immunity

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Immunity may refer to:

Medicine

Law

  • Amnesty law, immunity from past crimes
  • Charitable immunity, immunity from liability granted to charities in many countries from the 19th century to the mid-20th century
  • Diplomatic immunity, agreement between sovereign governments to exclude diplomats from local laws
  • Immunity from prosecution, immunity granted to a witness in exchange for testimony
  • Immunity from prosecution (international law), exclusion of governments or their officials from prosecution under international law
  • Judicial immunity, immunity of a judge or magistrate in the course of their official duties
  • Parliamentary immunity, immunity granted to elected officials during their tenure and in the course of their duties
  • Qualified immunity, in the United States, immunity of individuals performing tasks as part of the government's actions
  • Sovereign immunity, the prevention of lawsuits or prosecution against rulers or governments without their given consent
  • State immunity, principle of international law that the government of a state is not amenable before the courts of another state

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