no-fault
[noh-fawlt]
- Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- of, relating to, or requiring no-fault insurance: a no-fault law; no-fault coverage.
- of, relating to, or designating a divorce in which there is no attempt or need to hold either party responsible for the breakup.
Origin of no-fault
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
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They ultimately settled with each other and agreed to a no-fault divorce on Jan. 18, 2007.
But in 2003, New York was the last state in America that still didn't have no-fault divorce on the books.
If no-fault is good, why do we have the highest divorce rate of any Western nation?
“The best interests of the child” governs in child custody, yet no-fault divorce does not serve that end.
But no-fault divorce takes away a woman's bargaining chips when her husband decides he wants to ditch her.
Word Origin and History for no-fault
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