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immunity coextensive with the constitutional privilege

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in safeguarding him against future federal and state prosecution 'for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled' to testify, the statute grants him immunity fully coextensive with the constitutional privilege

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Reina v. United States, 364 U.S. 507.