nolo contendere

Noun
Synonyms: non vult

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Noun (1)

  1. (law) an answer of ‘no contest’ by a defendant who does not admit guilt but subjects them to convictionSynonyms: non vultType of answer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

No′lo con·ten′de·re.

Origin: L., I do not wish to contend.

Law A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of guilty.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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