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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent;
- Example: "the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"