TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does testimonial immunity mean? 

• TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY (noun)
  The noun TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY has 1 sense:

1. an exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination

  Familiarity information: TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTIMONIAL IMMUNITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exemption that displaces the privilege against self-incrimination; neither compelled testimony or any fruits of it can be used against the witness who therefore can no longer fear self-incrimination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

testimonial immunity; use immunity

Hypernyms ("testimonial immunity" is a kind of...):

exemption; granting immunity; immunity (an act exempting someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "testimonial immunity"):

transactional immunity (a broader form of use immunity that also protects the witness from any prosecution brought about relating to transactions to which they gave testimony)