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• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

IMMUNITY (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)  , a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TERM

term for exemption from liability, principally used in the legal sense discussed below, but also in See also:

• RECENT

recent times in See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology (for which see See also:

• BACTERIOLOGY

BACTERIOLOGY) . In See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the term (" not serving," "not subject") implies exemption from the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state which otherwise exercises jurisdiction where the See also:

• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity arises . It is thus applied to the exceptional position granted to sovereigns and chiefs of states generally, and their See also:

• DIRECT

direct representatives in the states to which they are accredited . Under See also:

• EXTERRITORIALITY

ExTERRITORIALITY is treated the inviolability of embassies and legations and the application of the material See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of immunity . As a right appertaining to the persons of those who enjoy it, the doctrine has grown out of the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for sovereigns of respecting each other's persons in their See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• INTEREST

interest . To be able to negotiate without danger of See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest or interference of any See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind with their persons was the only See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition upon which sovereigns would have been able to meet and discuss their See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint interests . With the development of states as See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent entities and of intercourse between them and their " nationals," the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions increased to such an extent that instead of having merely occasional ambassadors as at the beginning, states found it expedient to have See also:

• RESIDENT

resident representatives with a permanent See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence . Hence the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign's inviolability becomes vested in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of the sovereign's delegate, and with it as a necessary corollary the exterritoriality of his residence . Out of the further expansion of the work of diplomatic missions came duplication of the personnel and classes of diplomatic secretaries, who as forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy or See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation also h d to be covered by the diplomatic immunity . In no See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of international intercourse h states shown so laudable a respect for tradition as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of this immunity, and this in spite of the hardship which frequently arises for private citizens through unavoidable dealings with members of embassies and legations .