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regulatory offence
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Regulatory offence
A regulatory offence or quasi-criminal offence is a class of crime in which the standard for proving culpability has been lowered so a mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind") element is not required. Such offences are used to deter potential offenders from dangerous behaviour rather than to impose punishment for moral wrongdoing.
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regulatory offence
Noun
1. crimes created by statutes and not by common law
(synonym) statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense
(hypernym) crime, law-breaking
(hyponym) sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense
