| immunity | A constitutional privilege from arrest -- except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace -- 15 days prior to, during, and in returning from a session and for words used in any speech or debate | en |
| immunity | Legal protection from liability There are many categories of immunity in civil and criminal law For example, sovereign immunity protects government agencies from civil liability and judicial immunity protects judges acting in their official capacities | en |
| immunity | An immunity against a specific disease acquired during the course of life | en |
| immunity | freedom from a natural or usual liability or obligation, as in: Even though he admitted the accident was his fault, the Ambassador claimed diplomatic immunity and could not be sued | en |
| immunity | The state of being immune; a condition of being able to resist a particular disease | en |
| immunity | The constitutional privilege of members of Congress to make verbal statements on the floor and in committee for which they cannot be sued or arrested for slander or libel as well as freedom from arrest while traveling to or from sessions of Congress or on official business | en |
| immunity | Resistance to a specific disease | en |
| immunity | protection against infectious disease conferred either by the immune response generated by immunization or previous infection or by other non-immunologic factors | en |
| immunity | A right of exception from duty or penalty (generally from criminal prosecution) to encourage answers or evidence that might not otherwise be forthcoming (see Privilege) | en |
| immunity | Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy | en |
| immunity | A resistance to a specific thing | en |
| immunity | The state of being immune; the quality of being resistant against something | en |
| immunity | The state of being insusceptible to poison, the contagion of disease, etc | en |
| immunity | Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error | en |
| immunity | Condition of being able to resist and overcome disease or infection | en |
| immunity | the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism" (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | en |
| immunity | The condition of being immune or protected against infection, disease, and foreign substances | en |
| immunity | the protection of members of Parliament and others from civil or criminal action in relation to their participation in parliamentary proceedings, and the protection of parliamentary proceedings from impeachment or question in the courts (see also privilege, parliamentary) | en |
| immunity | an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution" | en |
| immunity | An exemption that a person (individual or corporate) enjoys from the normal operation of the law such as a legal duty or liability, either criminal or civil For example, diplomats enjoy "diplomatic immunity" which means that they cannot be prosecuted for crimes committed during their tenure as diplomat Another example of an immunity is where a witness agrees to testify only if the testimony cannot be used at some later date during a hearing against the witness | en |
| immunity | Immunity has special meaning in a 911 context No CMRS or 911 provider, its employees, officers or agents is criminally liable or liable for any damages in a civil action for injuries, death or loss to person or property resulting from any act or omission in connection with the development, adoption, implementation, maintenance, enhancement or operation of E911 service, unless such damage or injury was intentional or the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton conduct (Back to top ) | en |
| immunity | the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to criticism" | en |
| immunity | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | en |
| immunity | Ability to resist attack or overcome infection by invading microbes or larger parasites. Immunity is based on the proper functioning of the body's immune system. In natural or innate immunity, immune mechanisms present at birth work against a wide variety of microbes whether or not they have been encountered before. Acquired immune responses, tailored to act against a specific microbe or its products, are stimulated by the prior presence of that microbe. Previous infection with a particular pathogen, as well as vaccines, produce this type of immunity. The mechanisms of innate immunity include physical barriers (including the skin) and chemical barriers (such as bactericidal enzymes present in saliva). Microbes that penetrate the body's natural barriers encounter substances (such as interferon) that inhibit their growth or reproduction. Phagocytes (particle-engulfing cells) surround and destroy invading microbes, and natural killer cells pierce the microbe's outer membrane. Innate immunity does not confer lasting resistance, or immunity, to the body. Acquired immunity is based on the recognition of antigen by B cells and T cells and is activated when innate mechanisms are insufficient to stem further invasion by pathogens. Killer or cytotoxic T cells destroy infected and foreign cells. Helper T cells induce B cells stimulated by the presence of antigen to proliferate into antibody-secreting cells, or plasma cells. Antibodies produced by plasma cells bind to antigen-bearing cells, marking them for destruction. Acquired immunity relies on the long-term survival of sensitized T and B memory cells, which can proliferate quickly upon reinfection by the same pathogen. See also immunodeficiency; immunology; leukocyte; reticuloendothelial system. In law, exemption or freedom from liability. Under international treaty, a diplomatic representative is exempt from local laws, both civil and criminal. In many countries, judges, legislators, and government officials, including the heads of state, enjoy limited or absolute immunity at home to protect them from personal liability for wrongful acts or omissions that arise from the performance of their duties. A public prosecutor may grant immunity from prosecution to a witness who is suspected of criminal activity in return for testimony against other suspected criminals | en |
| immunity | the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to rust" | en |
| immunity | Natural or acquired resistance provided by the immune system to a specific disease Immunity may be partial or complete, specific or nonspecific, long lasting or temporary Immunity is indicated by the presence of antibodies in the blood and can usually be determined with a laboratory test | en |
| immunity | The privileges afforded by the Constitution whereby legislators are exempt from arrest while attending a session or when traveling to and from a session (except in cases of treason or high misdemeanor, now classified as a crime of the third degree or greater); also, the exemption from questioning on remarks made in speech or debate during a session or committee meeting | en |
| immunity | Protection against a disease There are two types of immunity, passive and active Immunity is indicated by the presence of antibodies in the blood and can be determined with a laboratory test See active and passive immunity | en |
| immunity | (From Latin immunitas: "freedom from public service ") Freedom or exemption from a burden or duty, such as from the obligation to appear before a court | en |
| immunity | Protection against or resistance to disease Immunity may be long lasting or temporary It generally follows natural infections and is the goal of vaccinations (See also active and passive immunity ) | en |
| immunity | condition of being able to resist a certain entity or disease | en |
| immunity | natural or acquired resistance to a specific disease | en |
| immunity | Nonsusceptibility to a disease or to the toxic effects of antigenic material ImmunoassayTechnique for identifying substances based on the use of antibodies Immunodiagnostics The use of specific antibodies to measure a substance This tool is useful in diagnosing infectious diseases and the presence of foreign substances in a variety of human and animal flluids (blood, urine, etc) It is currently being investigated as a way of locating tumor cells in the body | en |
| immunity | condition of being insusceptible to a disease; exemption, freedom, protection isim | en |