English Dictionary

qualified immunity

名詞

アメリカ英語 不可算名詞

(law, US) A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith.

日本語の意味

特定の条件下で、政府関係者や公務員が訴訟の対象となることを部分的に免除される法理。 / 過去の判例により同様の行為が違法とされていない場合や、行為が善意であった場合に適用される保護措置。

The court debated whether qualified immunity should shield the officer from a civil lawsuit in the absence of a clearly established precedent.

裁判所は、先例が明確に定まっていない場合に一部の公務員を訴訟から守る法理（限定的免責）が、その職員を民事訴訟から保護すべきかどうかを議論した。

意味（1）

(law, US) A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith.

It is no disparagement of the offices held by petitioners to hold that Presidential aides, like Members of the Cabinet, generally are entitled only to a qualified immunity.