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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 sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution; hence the saying, the king (or queen) can do no wrong. In many cases, the government has waived this immunity to allow for suits; in some cases, an individual, such as an attorney general, may technically appear as defendant on the state's behalf.
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Victim forced to pay criminal $5,000.00 Why will no Attorney challange AAA?
Money, Power And Greed over Truth and Justice...
In criminal testimonry, what is the difference between transactional immunity and use immunity?
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