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, immunity is the status of a person or body that places them beyond the law and makes them free from legal

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obligations, such as liability

Liability

In the most general sense, a liability is anything that is a wikt:hindrance, or puts individuals at a disadvantage. It can also be used as a slang term to describe someone that puts a team or group of which they are a member at a disadvantage, and would thus be better off without....
for tort

Tort

Tort law is the name given to a body of law that addresses, and provides remedies for, civil wrongs not arising out of contractual obligations. A person who suffers legal damages may be able to use tort law to receive compensation from someone who is liability, or "liable," for those injuries....
s or damages or prosecution under criminal law

Criminal law

The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential for unique and often severe impositions as punishment for failure to comply....
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Amnesty law
Amnesty law

An amnesty law is any law that Ex post facto law exempts a select group of people, usually military leaders and government leaders, from criminal liability for crimes committed....
, immunity from past crimes
Charitable immunity
Charitable immunity

The legal doctrine of charitable immunity holds that a charitable organization is not liable under tort law. It originated in 19th century Britain....
, which provided immunity from liability to charities in several common law countries from the 19th century until the mid-20th century
Diplomatic immunity
Diplomatic immunity

Diplomatic immunity is a form of immunity and a policy held between governments, which ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws ....
, 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)
Immunity from prosecution (international law)

Immunity from prosecution is a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences. Immunities are of two types....
, excluding governments or their officials from prosecution under international law
Judicial immunity
Judicial immunity

Judicial Immunity is a form of immunity which protects judges and others employed by the judiciary from lawsuits brought against them for official conduct in office....
, immunity of a judge or magistrate in the course of their official duties
Parliamentary immunity
Parliamentary immunity

Parliamentary immunity, also known as legislative immunity, is a system in which members of the parliament or legislature are granted partial immunity from prosecution....
, granted to elected representative officials during their tenure and in the course of their duties
Qualified immunity
Qualified immunity

'Qualified immunity' is a doctrine in United States law that arises in cases brought against state officials under Title 42 of the United States Code Section 1983 and against federal officials under Bivens v....
, in the United States, of individuals performing tasks as part of the government's actions
Sovereign immunity
Sovereign immunity

Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a type of immunity that in common law jurisdictions traces its origins from early English law. Generally speaking it is the doctrine that the monarch or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from lawsuit or criminal law; hence the saying, the king can do no wrong....
, preventing a lawsuit or prosecution against a monarch, ruler, or government, without their given consent