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Definition of Sovereign immunity
1. Noun. An exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent. "The doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong"
Definition of Sovereign immunity
1. Noun. (legal) A legal doctrine by which the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sovereign Immunity
Literary usage of Sovereign immunity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"... the case of r*12o the Exchange would have been decided, without reference to
the ques- *• tion of sovereign immunity. The following points of comparison ..."
2. Reducing Seismic Hazards of Existing Buildings: Workshop Proceedings edited by Roger E. Scholl (1993)
""(3) sovereign immunity shall not apply to any case filed after July 1, 1986.
... After the Missouri Supreme Court judicially abolished sovereign immunity ..."
3. Indians, Indian Tribes, and State Government by Deborah McKnight (1999)
"This contrasts with the general trend to limit the sovereign immunity of foreign
nations and states. It has been observed by both courts and commentators ..."
4. The Enron Corporation: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"Furthering the surety, the state government waived sovereign immunity in the
counter-guarantee. This meant that if the Maharashtra state government were ..."
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