Immunity - Law Dictionary Search Results
immune system
other types of cell together with the thymus and spleen The system is responsible for the phenomenon of immunity3 See also immunoglobulin and antibody
Legal right
right may be defined as an advantage or benefit conferred upon a person by a rule of law. Immunity in short is no liability. It is an immunity from the legal power of some other person. The
pierce
New York cannot pierce the corporate veil solely on grounds of inadequate capitalization "R. C. Clark"] compare corporate immunity at immunity NOTE: An action to pierce the corporate veil is usually grounded on the corporation's being an
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Right
imposing corresponding duties on others. But in a generic sense, the word 'right' is used to mean an immunity from the legal power of another: immunity is exemption from the power of another, State of Rajasthan v.
Privilege
service. See also the following titles and DISTRESS; LIBEL. The word privilege is sufficiently wide to include an immunity, Mohanlal Jain v. His Highness Maharaja Shri Sawai Man Singh Ji, AIR 1962 SC 73 (75, 76): (1962)
Benefit of cession
Benefit of cession, means a debtor's immunity from imprisonment for debt. The immunity arises when the debtor's property is assigned to the debtor's creditors, Black
sovereign
States on the one hand and the State of California on the other "U.S. Code"] see also sovereign immunity at immunity also sovran adj 1 : possessed of supreme power [a ruler] 2 : enjoying autonomy [
state action
claim brought under federal law (as section 1983) by one alleging a violation of constitutional rights, privileges, or immunities. 2 : state efforts to displace competition with regulation or a state-supervised monopoly NOTE: Such efforts are immune
Power
Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, (2000) 3 SCC 184. Power, must be considered along with the words 'privileges and immunities' to which the said clause refers, and there can be no doubt that the said words can have
Act of State
in the French and Continental Systems but only some of them. The term is next used to designate immunities and prohibitions sometimes created by statutes. The term is also extended to include certain prerogatives and special immunities
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