sovereign immunity

1. 1.

   an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent

   “the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong”

   Broaderexemption

Questions about sovereign immunity

What does sovereign immunity mean?

sovereign immunity means "an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent".

Is sovereign immunity a common word?

sovereign 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.