Immunity may refer to:

Medicine

Immunity (medical) In biology, immunity is the capability of multicellular organisms to resist harmful microorganisms. Immunity involves both specific and nonspecific components. The nonspecific components act as barriers or eliminators of a wide range of pathogens ...

, resistance of an organism to infection or disease * ''Immunity'' (journal), a scientific journal published by Cell Press

Biology

Immune system The immune system is a network of biological processes that protects an organism from diseases. It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from viruses to parasitic worms, as well as cancer cells and objects such as wood splinte ...

Engineering

* Radiofrequence immunity describes how well an electronic circuit is protected against

electromagnetic interference Electromagnetic interference (EMI), also called radio-frequency interference (RFI) when in the radio frequency spectrum, is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electros ...

Law

Legal immunity Legal immunity, or immunity from prosecution, is a legal status wherein an individual or entity cannot be held liable for a violation of the law, in order to facilitate societal aims that outweigh the value of imposing liability in such cases. Su ...

, the concept of a person or entity being immune from legal liability due to a special status **

Absolute immunity In United States law, absolute immunity is a type of sovereign immunity for government officials that confers complete immunity from criminal prosecution and suits for damages, so long as officials are acting within the scope of their duties. The Su ...

, a type of immunity for government officials that confers total immunity when acting in the course of their duties **

Amnesty law An Amnesty law is any legislative, constitutional or executive arrangement that retroactively exempts a select group of people, usually military leaders and government leaders, from criminal liability for the crimes that they committed. More speci ...

, a law that provides immunity for past crimes **

Charitable immunity Charitable immunity is a legal doctrine which holds that a charitable organization is not liable under tort law. It originated in 19th-century Great Britain. History The early form of charitable immunity in England did not provide immunity from ...

, immunity from liability granted to charities in many countries from the 19th century to the mid-20th century **

Diplomatic immunity Diplomatic immunity is a principle of international law by which certain foreign government officials are recognized as having legal immunity from the jurisdiction of another country.

, agreement between sovereign governments to exclude diplomats from local laws **

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 immunit ...

, exclusion of governments or their officials from prosecution under international law **

Judicial immunity Judicial immunity is a form of sovereign immunity, which protects judges and others employed by the judiciary from liability resulting from their judicial actions. Though judges have immunity from lawsuit, in constitutional democracies judicial m ...

, immunity of a judge or magistrate in the course of their official duties **

Parliamentary immunity Parliamentary immunity, also known as legislative immunity, is a system in which politicians such as president, vice president, governor, lieutenant governor, member of parliament, member of legislative assembly, member of legislative council, s ...

, immunity granted to elected officials during their tenure and in the course of their duties **

Qualified immunity In the United States, qualified immunity is a legal principle that grants government officials performing discretionary (optional) functions immunity from civil suits unless the plaintiff shows that the official violated "clearly established statu ...

, in the United States, immunity of individuals performing tasks as part of the government's actions **

Sovereign immunity Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution, strictly speaking in modern texts in its own courts. A similar, stronger ...

, the prevention of lawsuits or prosecution against rulers or governments without their given consent **

Sovereign immunity in the United States In United States law, the federal government as well as state and tribal governments generally enjoy sovereign immunity, also known as governmental immunity, from lawsuits. Local governments in most jurisdictions enjoy immunity from some form ...

, the legal privilege by which the American federal, state, and tribal governments cannot be sued **

Spousal privilege In the common law, spousal privilege (also called marital privilege or husband-wife privilege) is a term used in the law of evidence to describe two separate privileges that apply to spouses: the spousal communications privilege and the spousal ...

, also called spousal immunity, protects a spouse from testifying against the defendant **

State immunity The doctrine and rules of state immunity concern the protection which a state is given from being sued in the courts of other states. The rules relate to legal proceedings in the courts of another state, not in a state's own courts. The rules devel ...

, principle of international law that the government of a state is not amenable before the courts of another state **

Witness immunity Witness immunity from prosecution occurs when a prosecutor grants immunity to a witness in exchange for testimony or production of other evidence. In the United States, the prosecution may grant immunity in one of two forms. Transactional immuni ...

, immunity granted to a witness in exchange for testimony

Other

* ''Immunity'' (Rupert Hine album) * ''Immunity'' (Jon Hopkins album) * ''Immunity'' (Clairo album) *

Immunity (reality television) Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...

, a condition which protects a contestant on a reality TV show from being kicked off the show in a given period *"Immunity", a song by Linda Perhacs from her album ''

The Soul of All Natural Things ''The Soul of All Natural Things'' is the second studio album by American singer Linda Perhacs, released by Asthmatic Kitty Records in 2014. Produced by Chris Price and Fernando Perdomo, the album was released 44 years after her debut album ''Pa ...

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