Sovereign Immunity
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sovereign Immunity
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Meaning of Sovereign Immunity
A principal of jurisprudence whereby the state cannot be sued unless it has given its consent or has otherwise waived its immunity. This doctrine is of judicial origin founded on the ancient principal that the King can do no wrong; it is no longer in much favor with the courts. See Lansing v county of MacLean, 359 N.E.2d 165, 45 lll.App.3d 91. The judicial power granted by the constitution to the United States will not extend to entertaining a suit brought by a citizen against his own state, without its consent. See Duhne v New Jersey, 251 U.S. 311, 40S.Ct. 154,64L.Ed. 280.
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Sovereign Immunity Legal Definition
The doctrine that you can't sue the government.
See also
Governmental Immunity in the American legal Encyclopedia
Sovereign immunity in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sovereign immunity.
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Meaning of Sovereign Immunity in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Sovereign Immunity published by the National Association for Court Management: The doctrine that the government, state or federal, is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.
An act of comity, or courtesy, to exempt a state's public acts and property from the court cases of another state.
An act of comity, or courtesy, to exempt a state's public acts and property from the court cases of another state.
Sovereign immunity in Global Commerce Policy
In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the principle in public international law that a sovereign government cannot be sued without its consent.[1]
Sovereign immunityin the wold Encyclopedia
For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.
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Notes and References
Dictionary of Trade Policy, "Sovereign immunity" entry (OAS)