diplomatic immunity

1. 1.

   exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country

   Broaderexemption

   law

Questions about diplomatic immunity

What does diplomatic immunity mean?

diplomatic immunity means "exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country".

Is diplomatic immunity a common word?

diplomatic immunity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.