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foreign immunity — The immunity of a foreign sovereign, its agencies or instrumentalities, from suit in United States courts. Federal court jurisdiction is limited to claims falling within one of the enumerated exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of… … Black's law dictionary
immunity — im·mu·ni·ty /i myü nə tē/ n pl ties [Latin immunitas, from immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in non + munis (from munia services)] 1: exemption from a duty or liability that is granted by law to a person or class of persons a… … Law dictionary
Immunity from prosecution (international law) — Immunity from prosecution is a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences. Immunities are of two types. The first is functional immunity, or immunity ratione materiae . This is an immunity… … Wikipedia
Foreign internal defense — (FID) is used by a number of Western militaries, explicitly by the United States but sharing ideas with countries including France and the United Kingdom, to describe an approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state… … Wikipedia
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( FISA USStatute|95|511|92|1783|1978|10|25, usctc|50|36) is an Act of Congress which prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence… … Wikipedia
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act — The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) of 1976 is a statute under United States law that sets the limitations on how a foreign sovereign nation (or its agents, instrumentalities, or subdivisions) may be sued in U.S. courts. It is the only… … Wikipedia
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 — The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (also called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, USBill|110|H.R.|6304, enacted 2008 07 10) is an Act of Congress that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [cite… … Wikipedia
immunity — /i myooh ni tee/, n., pl. immunities. 1. the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like. 2. the condition that permits either natural or acquired resistance to disease. 3. the ability of a cell to react… … Universalium
Foreign relations of Uganda — Uganda is landlocked and depends on foreign imports for most of its consumer goods and energy requirements. Even before independence, maintaining an open trade route to the Indian Ocean was the primary foreign policy objective of all governments … Wikipedia
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