"no-fault" meaning in English

See no-fault in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} no-fault (not comparable)
  1. (law, of vehicle insurance) In which a claimant is compensated for actual economic loss without blame being assigned to a particular party. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-no-fault-en-adj-RQIoN4kt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: law
  2. (law, of a divorce or an eviction) In which neither party is assigned blame. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-no-fault-en-adj-Yeo-03PC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: no fault Related terms: faultless

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for no-fault meaning in English (1.9kB)

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