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strict liability,

n a case in which responsibility for breaking the law is enforced without proving intent, or
mens rea. In civil law, a case in which negligence does not have to be proven in order to be found legally liable.

strict liability

Forensic medicine Liability without fault–eg, when one is responsible for all of the consequences of the actions of one's employees regardless of whether a result was intended or not. See Liability.

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