Immunity (legal)
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In law, immunity is the status of a person or body that places them beyond the law and makes them free from legal obligations, such as liability for torts or damages or prosecution under criminal law.
- Amnesty law, immunity from past crimes
- Charitable immunity, which provided immunity from liability to charities in several common law countries from the 19th century until the mid-20th century
- Diplomatic immunity, agreement between sovereign governments to exclude diplomats from local laws
- Immunity from prosecution, immunity granted to a witness in exchange for testimony
- Immunity from prosecution (international law), excluding governments or their officials from prosecution under international law
- Judicial immunity, immunity of a judge or magistrate in the course of their official duties
- Parliamentary immunity, granted to elected representative officials during their tenure and in the course of their duties
- Qualified immunity, in the United States, of individuals performing tasks as part of the government's actions
- Sovereign immunity, preventing a lawsuit or prosecution against a monarch, ruler, or government, without their given consent
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