| 单词 | sovereign immunity |
| 释义 | > as lemmassovereign immunity sovereign immunity n. Law immunity of a sovereign or state (including certain state departments or officials) from civil suit or criminal prosecution in its own courts, or from the jurisdiction of the courts of other states; the legal doctrine or principle of such immunity; cf. crown immunity n. at crown n. Compounds 3a, state immunity n. at state n. Compounds 3a. ΚΠ 1780 tr. Decree Queen Maria I of Portugal in Morning Chron. 9 Oct. There may not continue the disturbances which sometimes have happened in consequence of a want of respect to..the Sovereign immunity of my territory. 1842 Law Reporter Mar. 429 A state, which, resting upon its sovereign immunity, declares itself above compulsion. 1869 T. Sedgwick Treat. Meas. Damages (ed. 5) iii. 121 To maintain that corporations holding grants of public franchises, possess sovereign immunity against liability for damages, leads to the unjust rule that no redress can be had for damages resulting from their acts. 1927 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. & Amer. Law Reg. 76 227 The doctrine of sovereign immunity in England was originally purely personal to the king. 1956 Times 27 June 13/5 The Government of Pakistan had informed the Westminster Bank that it was not prepared to waive its sovereign immunity. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 14 Mar. 52/2 [The] District Court in Washington ruled that the allegations against the princes, as Saudi officials, were not enough to surmount sovereign immunity..that protects states and their officials not just from liability but also from lawsuits. < as lemmas |
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