Immunity (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Auguste Boudinhon · 1913
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Description
Immunity, from Latin immunitas, means freedom from a legal duty imposed on a person or property by law, custom, or a superior's order. Such freedom counts as a privilege, then, and obeys the same rules. Church usage gives the name to legal freedoms favouring holy places and holy things, Church property, and Church persons.
Look past the changing cases across times and countries to the principle itself: immunity is Church persons' and property's freedom from secular courts. This principle varies necessarily in application according to circumstances. In societies with strong ranks, for instance feudal society, immunities play an important part. In modern society, where men stand much more on a basis of equality, they are less useful. The strong central state power looks on them with disfavour.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Auguste Boudinhon |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |