no-fault
adjective/ˌnəʊ ˈfɔːlt/
/ˌnəʊ ˈfɔːlt/
[only before noun] (law, especially North American English)- not involving a decision as to who is to blame for something
- no-fault insurance (= in which the insurance company pays for damage, etc. without asking whose fault it was)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNo-fault is used with these nouns:- divorce
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