核心畫面

Picture a form with a box on it that says 'Whose fault was it?' — and someone crossing that box out before anything else happens. The trouble is real: a marriage has ended, a car is damaged, a rental is finishing. What has been removed is the need to name a guilty side first. Everything after that can move forward without waiting for an argument about blame.

可以想成一張表格上有一格寫著「這是誰的錯?」,然後有人在一開始就把那一格劃掉。事情本身沒有被否認——婚姻結束了、車撞更多收起可以想成一張表格上有一格寫著「這是誰的錯?」,然後有人在一開始就把那一格劃掉。事情本身沒有被否認——婚姻結束了、車撞壞了、租約要收回了。被拿掉的只是「必須先指出誰有錯」這個步驟。所以後面的程序不用等大家吵完責任,就可以直接往下走。no-fault 的每個用法,都可以看成同一格被劃掉。

Two branches

不指責任何人的法律關係結束

這一支處理的是「關係結束」:本來要有人被判定有錯才結束得了,現在那一格被劃掉了。

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Describing a divorce that both people agree to end their marriage with, where neither of them has to say in court that the other one did something wrong.

無過失的(離婚)

不先追究責任就理賠

這一支不是結束關係,而是付錢:那一格被劃掉之後,錢可以先動。

adjective · C1

Describing car insurance that pays for the damage and the money you lost after an accident even if the accident was your own doing, so no one has to show first whose mistake it was.

不論過失的(保險)