Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or related to a form of state-mandated automobile insurance that compensates a policy holder who becomes an accident victim, regardless of who is at fault.
- adjective Law Of or related to a type of divorce that is granted without requiring proof of fault or bad conduct on the part of either spouse.
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- adjective in which a
claimant iscompensated for actual economic loss without blame beingassigned to a particular party - adjective of a divorce in which neither party is assigned blame
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Examples
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Today 12 states have what's known as no-fault auto insurance.
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The idea, he said, was to create a no-fault system that spares the drug companies the costs of defending against parents' lawsuits.
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Before the therapists, before the counsellors, before the no-fault divorce laws, before advice columns, before "self-help" and pop-psychology, the down-times were considered the "for-worse" part of the marriage, and taken in stride.
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Before the therapists, before the counsellors, before the no-fault divorce laws, before advice columns, before "self-help" and pop-psychology, the down-times were considered the "for-worse" part of the marriage, and taken in stride.
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First, Ohio recently adopted no-fault absentee voting, which increased the pool of eligible early voters.
Michael P. McDonald: Early Voting Off to a Fast Start in Democratic Areas of Ohio Michael P. McDonald 2010
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A business partnership doesn't come with a no-fault divorce clause.
Marty Zwilling: Imagine a Dating Site for B2B Strategic Partners Marty Zwilling 2011
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She filed with the courts and waited the year's separation that it took for a no-fault New York divorce.
See No…, Hear No…, Speak No…, Martha Rand 2012
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In response, the agency created a new no-fault system to report errors, developed computers that can routinely spot errors and changed the way it judges air-traffic managers' job performance.
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To address claims, manufacturers pay into a no-fault government administered fund that doles out compensation.
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First, Ohio recently adopted no-fault absentee voting, which increased the pool of eligible early voters.
Early Voting Off to a Fast Start in Democratic Areas of Ohio Michael P. McDonald 2010
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