"qualified immunity" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1982 Harlow v. Fitzgerald 457 U.S. 800",
          "text": "It is no disparagement of the offices held by petitioners to hold that Presidential aides, like Members of the Cabinet, generally are entitled only to a qualified immunity."
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          "ref": "2020 May 8, “Shielded”, in Reuters:",
          "text": "Erma Aldaba sought to hold police liable for her son’s deadly encounter with police, but qualified immunity ended her lawsuit before it could even get to trial.",
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        "A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith."
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        "(law, US) A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith."
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          "roman": "jehanjeok myeonchaekteukgwon",
          "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
          "word": "제한적 면책특권"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "inmunidad cualificada"
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          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
          "word": "hak imunitas"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
          "word": "sự miễn trừ có điều kiện"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "jehanjeok myeonchaekteukgwon",
      "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
      "word": "제한적 면책특권"
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      "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
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      "word": "inmunidad cualificada"
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      "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
      "word": "hak imunitas"
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      "sense": "a doctrine protecting some government officials from suit",
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  "word": "qualified immunity"
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