total immunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalandimmunity
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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immunity
noun[U]
uk/ɪˈmjuː.nə.ti/us/ɪˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/
a situation in which you are protected against disease or from ...
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(Definition oftotalandimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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At present trade unions are above the law in that they have a virtualtotalimmunityfrom actions in tort.
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I do not think that we shall improve industrial relations matters either to havetotalimmunityor to have immunity only for primary action.
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There is a choice betweentotalimmunityor immunity restricted to primary action.
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There is not thereforetotalimmunity, as has been suggested.
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We tend to pride ourselves on being a tolerant people, and possibly with some justification; but we cannot claimtotalimmunityfrom intolerance.
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Section 10 givestotalimmunityagainst legal action for negligence which results in the death or serious disability of any service man during his day-to-day activities in peacetime.
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However, if people do not want to strike, they should not worry because, whatever the result of the vote, they can please themselves and ignore it withtotalimmunity.
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Against that background, and the need to restrain public spending, very few people are arguing fortotalimmunityfor the universities from any restraint on public spending.
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Perhaps we could appoint one gentleman who would be giventotalimmunityto put forward a projection of what he thought would actually happen, totally devoid of political presentation.
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Since 1906 trade unions in this country have enjoyed virtualtotalimmunityfrom civil actions even if they have acted unlawfully, quite outside a trade dispute.
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Trade unions do not havetotalimmunity; it is inaccurate to say they have.
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Transactional immunity, colloquially known as blanket ortotalimmunity, completely protects the witness from future prosecution for crimes related to his or her testimony.
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Opossums have a remarkably robust immune system, and show partial ortotalimmunityto the venom of rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and other pit vipers.
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A provincial governor had almost totally unlimited authority, and frequently extorted vast amounts of money from the provincial population -- he hadtotalimmunityfrom prosecution during his term in office.
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