Absolute Liability
Definition
A stricter form of no-fault liability where even a reasonable mistake of fact gives no defence, reserved for a narrow set of public-welfare and hazardous-activity contexts.
Related terms
- Actus Reus
- The guilty act: the physical conduct, the consequence, and the surrounding circumstances that the law forbids. Without a voluntary act there is...
- Concurrence Principle
- The rule that the guilty act and the guilty mind must exist at the same point in time for liability to attach.
- General Exceptions
- The statutory list of defences, such as infancy, unsoundness of mind, intoxication, mistake, necessity and private defence, that can excuse or negate...
- Mens Rea
- The guilty mind: intention, knowledge, recklessness, or negligence as required by the section charged. BNS Section 3 sets out general explanations of...
- Strict Liability Offence
- An offence that convicts on proof of the act alone for at least one physical element, while still allowing a defence of...