A legal concept derived from the common law idea that the king and his agents can do no wrong, which is applied to governmental agencies and their employees to protect them from personal liability and from being named as defendants in a state civil lawsuit;as a law it includes a list of circumstances and requirements that must be met before the agency or employee can be sued in a state tort action.

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1. A legal concept derived from the common law idea that the king and his agents can do no wrong, which is applied to governmental agencies and their employees to protect them from personal liability and from being named as defendants in a state civil lawsuit;as a law it includes a list of circumstances and requirements that must be met before the agency or employee can be sued in a state tort action.