regulatory offence
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.
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