eleventh amendment

Eleventh Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified in 1795, prohibiting a federal court from hearing an action against a state by a person who is not a citizen of that state. See sovereign immunity under IMMUNITY(1). [Cases: Federal Courts 265–268.]

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