immune from
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Exempt from a legal duty, penalty, or prosecution.
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- He is immune from prosecution as long as he is in office.
- Diplomats are often immune from local jurisdiction.
- The treaty rendered them immune from customs duties.
- High-ranking officials are sometimes immune from certain legal obligations.
- The witness was granted immunity, making him immune from self-incrimination.
- Under international law, certain organizations are immune from national courts.
- The new law declared small businesses immune from the new regulations for a year.
- Many believe that powerful individuals should not be immune from accountability.
- The legislation aims to make whistleblowers immune from reprisal.
- The company was declared immune from civil lawsuits due to its government contract.