Sovereign Immunity definition

Sovereign Immunity. The State reserves all immunities, defenses, rights or actions arising out of the State’s sovereign status or under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. No waiver of the State’s immunities, defenses, rights or actions shall be implied or otherwise deemed to exist by reason of the State’s entry into this Agreement.
Sovereign Immunity means the legal doctrine that protects the functions of government from litigation and damages claims;
Sovereign Immunity. The University, as a public entity, is protected by sovereign immunity from tort liability, subject to a limited statutory waiver. The University will not agree to (i) indemnify or hold harmless any vendor; (ii) be liable for vendor’s attorneys’ fees under any circumstances; or (iii) binding arbitration or mediation. The Agreement shall not be construed or interpreted as (i) denying to either party any remedy or defense available to such party under the laws of the State of Florida; (ii) the consent of University or the State of Florida or their agents and agencies to be sued; or (iii) a waiver of either University’s or the State of Florida’s sovereign immunity beyond the limited waiver provided in section 768.28, Florida Statutes.

Examples of Sovereign Immunity in a sentence

  • Sovereign immunity of foreign state’s property specifically applies only to the confiscation by court decision.

  • Sovereign immunity precludes claims against state officials unless the Ex parte Young exception applies.


More Definitions of Sovereign Immunity

Sovereign Immunity means immunity from suit or action of the tribe and its agencies, entities, or arms, including the officers, agents, and employees of the tribe when acting within the scope of their authority and duty.
Sovereign Immunity. Nothing contained herein shall effect, or shall be deemed to affect, a waiver of the County’s sovereign immunity under law. Right to Revise or Reject: NCPS reserves the right, but not the obligation, to revise any insurance requirement not limited to limits, coverages and endorsements, or reject any insurance policies which fail to meet the criteria stated herein. Additionally, NCPS reserves the right, but not the obligation, to review and reject any insurer providing coverage due to its poor financial condition or failure to operate legally. Umbrella or Excess Liability Coverage which (i) includes premises/operations, product/completed operations, contractual liability, independent contractors, broad-form property and contents damage for (100%) of the replacement cost, underground, explosion and collapse hazard, and personal/advertising injury, (ii) includes contractual liability coverage and coverage for all owned, hired and non-owned vehicles, (iii) fire (with extended coverage), theft, vandalism, malicious mischief, collapse, earthquake, flood, water, windstorm, falsework, testing and startup, temporary buildings, contents, debris removal, and which provides coverage for one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement cost of the loss experienced and the offeror’s scope of the Work, and (iv) has per-occurrence limits of not less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000 ) per location. This insurance shall name NCPS and its officials, officers, and employees and agents as “additional insureds” by endorsement to the Umbrella or Excess Liability policy. Such policy shall not have a restriction on the limits of coverage provided to NCPS as an additional insured. NCPS shall be entitled to protection up to the full limits of the offeror’s policy regardless of the minimum requirements specified in this contract.
Sovereign Immunity means a state- or government-enacted a statute that deems the entity to be immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution except for circumstances under which the sovereign consents (allows itself) to be sued.
Sovereign Immunity. The Guarantor, as the date of this Agreement has no sovereign immunity from legal proceedings in respect of itself or its property.
Sovereign Immunity means the legal protection that prevents a tribal sovereign government its political subdivisions, departments, agencies and officers from being sued without its consent.
Sovereign Immunity means that we cannot sue the tribe even when it clearly violates our rights. We would be like people who live under dictatorship with no rights.
Sovereign Immunity means you cannot sue the govt for retrospective relief unless the government consents (“waives” immunity)