JURE IMPERII

By SovConn | June 7, 2013

jure imperii (joor-ee im-peer-ee-I), n.[Latin “by right of sovereignty”] The public acts that a nation undertakes as a sovereign state, for which the sovereign is usu. immune from suit or liability in a foreign country. Cf. JURE GESTIONIS; COMMERCIAL-ACTIVITY EXCEPTION.

See RESTRICTIVE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY .

[Blacks Law 8th]

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