crown immunity

English

Noun

crown immunity (countable and uncountable, plural crown immunities)

(law) A legal doctrine by which the royal sovereign or royally governed state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution.

Synonyms

sovereign immunity (applicable whether the state is a monarchy or not)

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