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ABSOLUTE LIABILITY [3 records]

Record 1 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
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.

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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

responsabilité absolue : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statutes and Regulations (Air Transport)
  • Air Safety

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et législation (Transp. aérien)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
OBS

Ce système [...] ne fait plus dépendre l'obligation de réparer la faute commise par l'auteur du dommage mais du risque créé par la mise en œuvre d'aéronefs de transport.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamentación y legislación (Transporte aéreo)
  • Seguridad (Transporte aéreo)
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Record 3 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
DEF

Liability that occurs where one has a duty to fill no matter what the circumstances may be.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
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