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USE IMMUNITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does use immunity mean?
• USE IMMUNITY (noun)
The noun USE 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: USE IMMUNITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("use immunity" is a kind of...):
exemption; granting immunity; immunity (an act exempting someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "use 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)
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