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).
The fault ratio for the accident was determined to be 80 to 20.
A divorce petition from the guilty spouse may not be granted.
有責 means being at fault or liable, the direct opposite of 免責, which means being exempted from liability.
culpability
Compound of 有 (possess, exist) and 責 (blame, responsibility). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with legal liability.