有ゆう責せき

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

fault; responsibility; culpability

Legal and formal term for being at fault or bearing responsibility. Often used in phrases like 有責性 (culpability) or 有責配偶者 (guilty spouse in divorce).

• 事じ故この有ゆう責せき割わり合あいは8対たい2と判断とはんだんされた。

  The fault ratio for the accident was determined to be 80 to 20.

• 有ゆう責せき配はい偶ぐう者しゃからの離り婚こん請せい求きゅうは認みとめられない場ば合あいがある。

  A divorce petition from the guilty spouse may not be granted.