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common-law

common-law 1 : of, relating to, or based on the common law [common-law immunity] 2 : relating to or based on a common-law marriage [her common-law husband]

discretionary

Federal Tort Claims Act in the Important Laws section compare ministerial NOTE: A public official generally has qualified immunity from lawsuits that arise from his or her discretionary acts.

disfranchise

disfranchise -chised -chis·ing : to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity ;esp : to deprive of the right to vote

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excuse

god, force majeure, fortuitous event, impossibility of performance b : a circumstance (as a physical threat) that grants immunity for otherwise tortious or criminal conduct compare justification, privilege

deal

business transaction 2 : an arrangement for mutual advantage (as for a defendant to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution)

immunize

immunize -nized -niz·ing : to grant immunity to [the ultimately ill-fated effort to state judges from the burdens of the federal income tax "J. K.

Exemption

exempting the state of being exempt freedom from any charge burden evil etc to which others are subject immunity privilege as exemption of certain articles from seizure exemption from military service exemption from anxiety suffering etc

judicial act

from the normal exercise of judicial power within the proper jurisdiction used as a criterion for absolute judicial immunity

Privileged

Invested with a privilege enjoying a peculiar right advantage or immunity

immunogen

any substance that produces immunity when introduced into the body

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