- governmental tort immunity
- protection granted to a country against lawsuits for damages
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
governmental tort immunity
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immunity — Exemption, as from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform; e.g. exemption from paying taxes. Freedom or exemption from penalty, burden, or duty. Special privilege. See also exemption… … Black's law dictionary
immunity — Exemption, as from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform; e.g. exemption from paying taxes. Freedom or exemption from penalty, burden, or duty. Special privilege. See also exemption… … Black's law dictionary
immunity — im·mu·ni·ty /i myü nə tē/ n pl ties [Latin immunitas, from immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in non + munis (from munia services)] 1: exemption from a duty or liability that is granted by law to a person or class of persons a… … Law dictionary
governmental immunity — see immunity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. governmental immunity … Law dictionary
tort claims act — n. A federal law that makes the U.S. government liable for damages in tort, waiving sovereign immunity except in specific cases; many states also have tort claims acts. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks,… … Law dictionary
government tort — A wrong perpetrated by the government through an employee or agent or instrumentality under its control which may or may not be actionable depending upon whether there is governmental tort immunity. Tort actions against the federal government are … Black's law dictionary
government tort — A wrong perpetrated by the government through an employee or agent or instrumentality under its control which may or may not be actionable depending upon whether there is governmental tort immunity. Tort actions against the federal government are … Black's law dictionary
governmental immunity — See Federal Tort Claims Act sovereign immunity … Black's law dictionary
governmental immunity — See Federal Tort Claims Act sovereign immunity … Black's law dictionary
Federal Tort Claims Act — The government of the United States may not be sued in tort without its consent. That consent was given in the Federal Tort Claims Act (1946), which largely abrogated the federal government s immunity from tort liability and established the… … Black's law dictionary
