responsibility for damage or loss regardless of intention or culpability
These are offences of strict liability in that the prosecution does not have to proveany mens rea; these offences can be committed even though the accused does not havea 'guilty mind'.
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of or relating to the responsibility for damage or loss regardless of intention orculpability
the strict liability rule
those prosecuting strict liability offences
strict liability in American English
absolute liability of a manufacturer or seller of a defective product causing injury or damage, despite showing exercise of due care