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A defense asserted in a criminal prosecution that a person who committed a crime did not do so of his or her own free will, but only because the individual was compelled by another through the use of physical force or threat of immediate serious bodily injury or death.
In both tort and criminal law, strict liability exists when a defendant is in legal jeopardy by virtue of an wrongful act, without any accompanying intent or mental state.In criminal law, possession crimes and statutory rape are both examples of strict liability offences.In tort, there are two broad categories of activities for which a plaintiff may be held strictly liable-possession of certain animals and abnormally dangerous activities.n both tort and criminal law, strict liability exists when a defendant is in legal jeopardy by virtue of an wrongful act, without any accompanying intent or mental state.