Sovereign immunity
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Not to be confused with the doctrine of state immunity whereby a state or sovereign may not be amenable before foreign courts.
Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution, strictly speaking in modern texts in its own courts. State immunity is a similar, stronger doctrine, that applies to foreign courts.