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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Offences in which it is not open to a person to avoid liability on the ground that she or he acted under a reasonable mistake of fact which, if the facts had been as the accused believed them to be, would have made his act innocent.  2, record 1, English, - absolute%20liability

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Strict liability is distinct from absolute liability. Under absolute liability, only an actus reus is required. With strict liability, an actus reus, unintentional or not is all that is required.  3, record 1, English, - absolute%20liability

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

responsabilité absolue : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - responsabilit%C3%A9%20absolue

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The classical mode of conversion consists in unauthorized transfer or disposal of the goods, whether by sale and delivery, pledge, or just mistaken delivery to the wrong person....(It) is not even an answer to have acted under authority from someone who had himself no right to dispose of them so that a sale and delivery by an agent or auctioneer constitutes conversion as against the true owner, although made in honest belief that his principal had title to the goods. Property rights are protected at the expense of an innocent mistake.  1, record 2, English, - innocent%20mistake

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish