Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

jure gestionis

n. [Latin "by way of doing business"] A nation's acts that are essentially commercial or private, in contrast to its public acts. a Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a foreign country's immunity is limited to claims involving its public acts. The Act's immunity does not extend to claims arising from the private or commercial acts of a foreign state. 28 USCA § 1605. Cf. JUKE IMPERII. See COMMERCIAL-ACTIVITY EXCEPTION; RESTRICTIVE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.