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immunity
(mass) | immunity
- odolnosť |
immunity
(encz) | immunity,imunita |
immunity
(encz) | immunity,odolnost |
Immunity
(gcide) | Immunity \Im*mu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Immunities. [L. immunitas, fr.
immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis
complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F.
immunit['e]. See Common, and cf. Mean, a.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being insusceptible to disease, certain
poisons, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
immunity
(wn) | immunity
n 1: the state of not being susceptible; "unsusceptibility to
rust" [syn: unsusceptibility, immunity] [ant:
susceptibility, susceptibleness]
2: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist
disease [syn: immunity, resistance]
3: the quality of being unaffected by something; "immunity to
criticism"
4: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from
prosecution" [syn: exemption, immunity, {granting
immunity}] |
IMMUNITY
(bouvier) | IMMUNITY. An exemption from serving in an office, or performing duties which
the law generally requires other citizens to perform. Vide Dig. lib. 50, t.
6; 1 Chit. Cr. L. 821; 4 Har. & M'Hen. 341.
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diplomatic immunity
(encz) | diplomatic immunity, |
granting immunity
(encz) | granting immunity, n: |
immunity from legal process
(encz) | immunity from legal process, |
immunity from taxation
(encz) | immunity from taxation, |
immunity of archives
(encz) | immunity of archives, |
immunity of assets
(encz) | immunity of assets, |
inherent plant immunity
(encz) | inherent plant immunity,dědičná vzdornost rostliny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
innate immunity
(encz) | innate immunity, n: |
natural immunity
(encz) | natural immunity, n: |
official immunity
(encz) | official immunity, n: |
passive immunity
(encz) | passive immunity, n: |
racial immunity
(encz) | racial immunity,kmenova imunita n: prirozená imunita sdilená členy
zvláštního druhu BartyCok |
sovereign immunity
(encz) | sovereign immunity, n: |
testimonial immunity
(encz) | testimonial immunity, n: |
transactional immunity
(encz) | transactional immunity, n: |
use immunity
(encz) | use immunity, n: |
Immunity
(gcide) | Immunity \Im*mu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Immunities. [L. immunitas, fr.
immunis free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis
complaisant, obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F.
immunit['e]. See Common, and cf. Mean, a.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Freedom; exemption; as, immunity from error.
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being insusceptible to disease, certain
poisons, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
acquired immunity
(wn) | acquired immunity
n 1: immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has
been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the
development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious
disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through
the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination |
active immunity
(wn) | active immunity
n 1: a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its
own antibodies against disease-causing antigens |
autoimmunity
(wn) | autoimmunity
n 1: production of antibodies against the tissues of your own
body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity
reactions |
diplomatic immunity
(wn) | diplomatic immunity
n 1: exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is
offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country |
granting immunity
(wn) | granting immunity
n 1: an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from
prosecution" [syn: exemption, immunity, {granting
immunity}] |
innate immunity
(wn) | innate immunity
n 1: immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's
natural biologic makeup [syn: natural immunity, {innate
immunity}] |
natural immunity
(wn) | natural immunity
n 1: immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's
natural biologic makeup [syn: natural immunity, {innate
immunity}] |
official immunity
(wn) | official immunity
n 1: personal immunity accorded to a public official from
liability to anyone injured by actions that are the
consequence of exerting official authority |
passive immunity
(wn) | passive immunity
n 1: an impermanent form of acquired immunity in which
antibodies against a disease are acquired naturally (as
through the placenta to an unborn child) or artificially
(as by injection of antiserum) |
racial immunity
(wn) | racial immunity
n 1: natural immunity shared by all members of a particular race |
sovereign immunity
(wn) | sovereign immunity
n 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" |
testimonial immunity
(wn) | testimonial immunity
n 1: an exemption that displaces the privilege against self-
incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of
it can be used against the witness who therefore can no
longer fear self-incrimination [syn: use immunity,
testimonial immunity] |
transactional immunity
(wn) | transactional immunity
n 1: a broader form of use immunity that also protects the
witness from any prosecution brought about relating to
transactions to which they gave testimony |
use immunity
(wn) | use immunity
n 1: an exemption that displaces the privilege against self-
incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of
it can be used against the witness who therefore can no
longer fear self-incrimination [syn: use immunity,
testimonial immunity] |
IMMUNITY
(bouvier) | IMMUNITY. An exemption from serving in an office, or performing duties which
the law generally requires other citizens to perform. Vide Dig. lib. 50, t.
6; 1 Chit. Cr. L. 821; 4 Har. & M'Hen. 341.
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