Legal doctrine which means that the state cannot be sued or have its assets seized.
The doctrine of "sovereign immunity" provides that governments and government entities are generally immune from suit by private parties. (See also "Eleventh Amendment").
The doctrine of sovereign immunity precludes a litigant from asserting a claim against a sovereign, or governmental authority, even if the claim would be successful. Historically, sovereigns, like federal and state governments and cities and towns, were immune from tort liability when the tort arose from a government activity. Today, most jurisdictions have abandoned total sovereign immunity in favor of permitting tort actions against sovereigns with certain restrictions and limitations, including limited damages.
A long-standing doctrine to the effect that government entities cannot be sued without their consent. Federal and state laws allow suits against governmental agencies under certain circumstances. Suits allowed in Washington since 1961; see RCW 4.92.090, 4.96.010, and 4.24.470. Class 2 Class 7
an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent; "the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong"
A judicial doctrine which precludes bringing suit against the government without its consent.
Doctrine that a government, either state or federal, is immune to lawsuits unless it gives its consent.
Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a type of immunity that in common law jurisdictions traces its origins from early English law. Generally speaking it is the doctrine that the sovereign or government cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution; hence the saying, the king can do no wrong. In many cases, the government has waived this immunity to allow for suits; in some cases, an individual, such as an attorney general, may technically appear as defendant on the government's behalf.
