Immunity
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Immunity may refer to:
[edit] Medicine
- Immunity (medical), resistance of an organism to infection or disease
- Immunity (journal), an academic medical journal that publishes research on the immune system.
[edit] Law
- Amnesty law, immunity from past crimes
- Charitable immunity, immunity from liability granted to charities in many countries from the 1800s to the mid-1900s
- 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
[edit] Other
- Immunity (album), an album by Rupert Hine
- Immunity (reality television), a condition which protects a contestant on a reality TV show from being kicked off the show in a given period
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