parliamentary immunity

collocation in English

meaningsofparliamentaryandimmunity

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parliamentary
adjective
uk
/ˌpɑː.lɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌpɑːr.ləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
of or relating to ...
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immunity
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.ti/us
/ɪˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/
a situation in which you are protected against disease or from ...
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(Definition ofparliamentaryandimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofparliamentary immunity

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The police were sent after him despite the fact that hisparliamentaryimmunityhad not been rescinded.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There has not been a request for a debate to be held onparliamentaryimmunity.
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I am therefore voting against his request to protect hisparliamentaryimmunity.
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I therefore ask that hisparliamentaryimmunitybe suspended, so that the proceedings can be brought.
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This decision therefore constitutes a scathing rejection of the partisan tactics that deprived me ofparliamentaryimmunity.
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The principle ofparliamentaryimmunityis nowadays outrageous.
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The lifting of hisparliamentaryimmunitywould allow him to defend himself, to justify the serious accusations which he made against our two colleagues.
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But that uniform statute is missing one thing, and this concernsparliamentaryimmunity.
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By drafting paragraph 2 of our decision in this way, we have not altered the character of the waiver ofparliamentaryimmunity.
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It was precisely to protect the legislative power from the judicial power thatparliamentaryimmunitywas established.
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I have never once called forparliamentaryimmunity.
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Parliamentaryimmunitydoes not cover ordinary criminal cases.
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In judging a case such as this, knowledge of the legal principles that governparliamentaryimmunityis of paramount importance.
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The next item on the agenda is a vote on two questions concerningparliamentaryimmunity.
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It is precisely with ourparliamentaryimmunityin mind that a number of sensitive issues remain to be clarified.
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That does not remove the fact that the instrument ofparliamentaryimmunityshould be subject to very different rules.
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If we go down this road, we might as well abolish the concept ofparliamentaryimmunityitself.
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The question is therefore where in this processparliamentaryimmunityshall start to apply.
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As we know, there are instances ofparliamentaryimmunitywhich cover solely the actual penalty; one can be prosecuted and judged, therefore, but not punished.
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I think that she would enjoyparliamentaryimmunity!
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