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  • fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence …   Law dictionary

  • fault divorce — A tradition that required one spouse to prove that the other spouse was legally at fault, to obtain a divorce. The innocent spouse was then granted the divorce from the guilty spouse. The traditional fault grounds for divorce are adultery,… …   Law dictionary

  • Fault current limiter —   A device that uses superconductors to limit or reduce instantaneously unanticipated electrical surges that may occur on utility distribution and transmission networks (Source: Superconductivity News Update, U.S. Department of Energy s Office of …   Energy terms

  • no fault — adj. Used to describe a situation in which the fault of the parties is irrelevant to the outcome, such as an insurance policy in which the insurer will pay for damage regardless of whether the insured was at fault in causing it; see also divorce… …   Law dictionary

  • A Dictionary of the English Language —   Title page from the second editi …   Wikipedia

  • comparative fault — n: a doctrine in torts in which the fault attributable to each party is compared and any award to the plaintiff is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff s share of the fault: comparative negligence(b) at negligence compare contributory… …   Law dictionary

  • Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral …   Wikipedia

  • contributory fault — n: responsibility for aiding in the accomplishment of a bad result (as an injury); specif: responsibility of a promisor for causing his or her promise to be impossible to perform ◇ A promisor who is guilty of contributory fault cannot invoke the… …   Law dictionary

  • no-fault — a convenient phrase used to describe compensation systems that do not depend upon the claimant establishing the fault of some other person. The most often discussed is the New Zealand accident compensation system. However, even in the UK… …   Law dictionary

  • no-fault divorce — Any divorce in which the spouse who wants to end the marriage is not required to accuse the other of wrongdoing, but can simply state that the couple no longer gets along. Every state now has no fault divorce. In the past, a party seeking a… …   Law dictionary

  • no–fault — adj 1: of, relating to, or being a motor vehicle insurance plan under which someone injured in an accident is compensated usu. up to a stipulated limit for esp. actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost wages) by that person… …   Law dictionary

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