Sovereign Immunity - The doctrine that the government, state or federal, is immune to lawsuit unless it give its consent.
sovereign immunityThe doctrine that you can't sue the government.
specific performanceWhen money damages would be not pay for the breach of a contract, the contractor will be compelled to do specifically what the contract called for.
sovereign immunity - The doctrine that a government or governmental agency cannot be sued without consent.
Sovereign immunity
Definition
: the absolute immunity of a sovereign government (as a state) from being sued
see also Federal Tort Claims Act in the Important Laws section amendment xi to the Constitution in the back matter ...
Sovereign immunity may also apply to federal, state, and local governments within the United States, protecting these governments from being sued without their consent.
Immediate appeals may be taken from orders denying claims of immunity on one of the following grounds: the sovereign immunity granted to states under the Eleventh Amendment, Puerto Rico Aquaduct & Sewer Auth. v. Metcalf & Eddy, 113 S.Ct.
There are many categories of immunity in civil and criminal law. For example, sovereign immunity protects government agencies from civil liability and judicial immunity protects judges acting in their official capacities.
Constitutional law: the abrogation doctrine refers to the power of Congress to revoke a state's sovereign immunity and authorize suits against that state.
Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary ...
 See also: State, Sovereign, Immunity, Action, Court
  
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