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official immunity see immunity
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
official immunity
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official immunity — noun personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority • Hypernyms: ↑exemption, ↑immunity, ↑granting immunity … Useful english dictionary
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official — An officer; a person invested with the authority of an office. See also officer In Canon law, a person to whom a bishop commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction. In Civil law, the minister or apparitor of a magistrate or judge official,… … Black's law dictionary
immunity — Exemption, as from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform; e.g. exemption from paying taxes. Freedom or exemption from penalty, burden, or duty. Special privilege. See also exemption… … Black's law dictionary
immunity — Exemption, as from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform; e.g. exemption from paying taxes. Freedom or exemption from penalty, burden, or duty. Special privilege. See also exemption… … Black's law dictionary
Immunity — • An exemption from a legal obligation (munus), imposed on a person or his property by law, custom, or the order of a superior Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Immunity Immunity … Catholic encyclopedia
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immunity, official — n. Personal immunity given to public officials, protecting them from liability for injury caused by acts they have done as part of their official duty. See also sovereign immunity The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… … Law dictionary
immunity — UK US /ɪˈmjuːnəti/ noun [U] ► LAW official protection from legal action, for example, not being judged in a court or punished for a crime: grant/give sb immunity »Taken before a federal judge, he was granted immunity but ordered to testify or… … Financial and business terms
