legal immunity

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandimmunity

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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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 oflegalandimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal immunity

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The greater the threatened self-harm, the higher the probability of such harm eventuating, the more irrevocable the results of a choice, the greater the voluntariness required forlegalimmunity.
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Last, having alegalimmunitymeans being protected from changes in one's legal status, and it correlates with legal disability, or absence of legal power, in other people.
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It would be unworthy of us to continue with a framework of law which provides an excess oflegalimmunityto the innovatory drug manufacturer.
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A barrister needs nolegalimmunityfrom liability.
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We also propose to end alllegalimmunityfor industrial action designed to force an employer to create or maintain any closed shop.
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Mass picketing was no longer to be immune from civil liability; and coercive trade union recruitment was to lose itslegalimmunity.
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That would confer virtuallegalimmunityon those charged with the operation of our asylum and immigration system.
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The argument provides a strong case forlegalimmunity.
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It extendslegalimmunityfrom prosecution for one year only.
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This extraordinary extra-parliamentary power is based upon thelegalimmunitywhich has been granted to the trade unions and which has caused the trouble.
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Is it intended thatlegalimmunityshould cover all those activities, and in what circumstances will it be likely to be waived?
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We also want to know more about thelegalimmunity.
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The narrowing of the legal definition of "trade dispute" would mean that in many strikes trade unions would no longer enjoylegalimmunity.
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There is then the further question whether industrial action should continue to havelegalimmunitywhen it is taken in breach if a collective agreement.
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We have a system of rights that operate not by legal enactment but bylegalimmunity.
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Thelegalimmunitythat was granted was immunity from prosecution.
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There is nolegalimmunityat any period whatever.
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Legalimmunityhas left names with no redress.
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Cloaking the issue in the alibi oflegalimmunityof a head of state is bogus.
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The board has the privilege oflegalimmunity.
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