Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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restrictive principle of sovereign immunity
The doctrine by which a foreign nation's immunity does not apply to claims arising from the nation's private or commercial acts, but protects the nation only from claims arising from its public functions. See COMMERCIAL-ACTIVITY EXCEPTION; JURE GESTIONIS; JURE IMPERIL
sovereign immunity
1. A government's immunity from being sued in its own courts without its consent. ( Congress has waived most of the federal government's sovereign immunity. See FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT. 2. A state's immunity from being sued in federal court by the state's own citizens. - Also termed governmental immunity. work product immunity. See WORK-PRODUCT RULE. 2. Torts. A doctrine providing a complete defense to a tort action. ( Unlike a privilege, immunity does not negate the tort, and it must be raised affirmatively or it will be waived. Cf. PRIVILEGE (2).