Definition of "no-fault" []

• Of, indicating, or being a system of motor vehicle insurance in which accident victims are compensated by their insurance companies without assignment of blame. (adjective)
• Law Of, indicating, or being a type of divorce in which blame is assigned to neither party. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Today 12 states have what's known as no-fault auto insurance."
• "She filed with the courts and waited the year's separation that it took for a no-fault New York divorce."
• "To address claims, manufacturers pay into a no-fault government administered fund that doles out compensation."