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IMMUNITY Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

An exemption from serving in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform. Long v. Converse, 91 U. S. 113, 23 LEd. 233; Ex parte Levy, 43 Ark. 54, 51 Am. Rep. 550; Lomas v. State, 3 Heisk. (Tenn.)30G; Douglass v. Stephens, 1 Del. Ch. 470.

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