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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 [

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

Gold bonds

by the Central Government in accordance with the scheme framed by that Government under s. 3. [Gold Bonds Immunities and Exemptions Act, 1993 (25 of 1993), s. 2(a)]

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Alsatia

the Carmelites, or White Friars, founded in 1241. In the time of the Reformation the place retained its immunities as a sanctuary, and James I. confirmed and added to them by a charter in 1608, but all

Ancient demesne

The tenants in ancient demesne, properly so called, were made subject to certain restraints and entitled to certain immunities. They were forbidden to bring or to defend any real action, touching their tenements, except in the lord's

Arrest

at all times, Parliamentary Practice by Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 106. However, it does not confer immunity from arrest on any criminal charged, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth - Wilding

Benefit of clergy

and states, anciently converted to Christianity, granted to the clergy very bountiful privileges and exemptions, and particularly an immunity of their persons in criminal proceedings before secular judges. The clergy, afterwards increasing in wealth, number, and power,

Breach of privilege

of the Houses of Parliament. See PRIVILEGE. Breach of privilege, disregard of any of the privileges, rights and immunities either of the Members of Parliament individually or of either House of Parliament in its collective capacity or

Capitulation

who have the right of the people, regulate the manner of government. --An arrangement between states providing certain immunities for or reserving jurisdiction over subjects of one state within the territory of another. See the (English) Foreign

Disfranchisement

corporator, Halsbury's Laws of England (9), para 1253, p. 746. Disfranchisement, the act of depriving of a franchise, immunity, or privilege; the depriving a constituency of a right to return a member to Parliament, or a person

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