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Tag: Foreign Immunity

  • Expropriation

    Expropriation in United States Expropriation Definition Compulsorily depriving a person of a right of property belonging to him in return for a compensation. The term has been introduced from its use in foreign countries to denote a compulsory purchase of land, etc., for the purposes of a […]

  • Commercial Property

    Commercial Property in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982real property (in U.S. law) used in connection with all activities of business, industry, and trade, for the purpose of producing income. These may include: (1) residential […]

  • Commercial Property

    Commercial Property in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982real property (in U.S. law) used in connection with all activities of business, industry, and trade, for the purpose of producing income. These may include: (1) residential […]

  • Terrorism

    Terrorism in the United States Terrorism Definition It means the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. The U.S. Army definition is as follows: the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to attain political or religious ideological goals through […]

  • Attachment

    Attachment in United States Attachment Definition Taking into the custody of the law the person or property of one already before the court, or of one whom it is sought to bring before it. A writ for the accomplishment of this purpose. This is the more common sense of the word. Of Persons. A […]

  • Attachment

    Attachment in United States Attachment Definition Taking into the custody of the law the person or property of one already before the court, or of one whom it is sought to bring before it. A writ for the accomplishment of this purpose. This is the more common sense of the word. Of Persons. A […]

  • Expropiation

    Expropiation in the United States In Exceptions to Foreign Immunity In Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Co. v. Provincial Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, 729 F.2d 422 (6th Cir. 1984), the court allowed an expropriation claim to go forward based on alleged violations of a bilateral […]

  • State-Sponsored Terrorism

    State-Sponsored Terrorism in the United States State-Sponsored Terrorism in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 According to research about State-Sponsored Terrorism from the Federal Judicial Center:Since 1996, when Congress amended the FSIA to remove the immunity of foreign states […]

  • State-Sponsored Terrorism

    State-Sponsored Terrorism in the United States State-Sponsored Terrorism in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 According to research about State-Sponsored Terrorism from the Federal Judicial Center:Since 1996, when Congress amended the FSIA to remove the immunity of foreign states […]

  • Explicit Waiver

    Explicit Waiver in the United States Waiver in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 Explicit waivers According to research about Explicit Waiver from the Federal Judicial Center:Explicit waivers are typically found in contractual provisions, although they could arise from independent […]

  • Explicit Waiver

    Explicit Waiver in the United States Waiver in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 Explicit waivers According to research about Explicit Waiver from the Federal Judicial Center:Explicit waivers are typically found in contractual provisions, although they could arise from independent […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities

    Foreign Sovereign Immunities in the United States Legislation Legislation related with the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, § 221, 110 Stat. 12241 (1996) (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7)) Civil […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities

    Foreign Sovereign Immunities in the United States Legislation Legislation related with the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, § 221, 110 Stat. 12241 (1996) (codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(7)) Civil […]

  • Terrorism Claim

    Terrorism Claim in the United States FISA: Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A The following sections consider the main requirements of a claim brought under § 1605A. 1. Nationality of claimant or victim Under § 1605A(c), a claim may be pursued by four categories of individuals: a […]

  • Terrorism Claim

    Terrorism Claim in the United States FISA: Main Elements of a Claim Under § 1605A The following sections consider the main requirements of a claim brought under § 1605A. 1. Nationality of claimant or victim Under § 1605A(c), a claim may be pursued by four categories of individuals: a […]