RESTRICTIVE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

restrictive principle of sovereign immunity.The doctrine by which a foreign nation’s immunity does not apply to claims arising from the nation’s private or commercial acts, but protects the nation only from claims arising from its public functions. See COMMERCIAL-ACTIVITY EXCEPTION; JURE GESTIONIS; JURE IMPERII . [Cases: International Law 10.33. C.J.S. International Law §§ 46–48.] “[T]he…

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RESTRICTION

restriction. 1. A limitation or qualification. 2. A limitation (esp. in a deed) placed on the use or enjoyment of property. See restrictive covenant under COVENANT(4). [Cases: Covenants 49–52, 69.] 3.Military law. A deprivation of liberty involving moral and legal, rather than physical, restraint. • A military restriction is imposed as punishment either by a…

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