IMMUNITY

In Jurisprudence, legal freedom from any legal obligation. Thus the phrase " ecclesiastical immunities" comprehends all that portion of the rights of the Church, In different countries, which consists In the freedom of its members, or of its property, from burdens thrown by law on other cla es. IMPACT. f^Lat. Impingo, I impinge on any thing.) In Mechanics, the instantaneous action of one body on another to put it in motion. If the body moves in the direction of the stroke, the impact was direct; if in a different direction, the impact was oblique. [s. 600]