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nolo contendere
[ noh-loh kuhn-ten-duh-ree ]
noun
Law.
- (in a criminal case) a defendant's pleading that does not admit guilt but subjects them to punishment as though a guilty plea had been entered, the determination of guilt remaining open in other proceedings.
nolo contendere
/ ˈnəʊləʊ kɒnˈtɛndərɪ /
noun
- law a plea made by a defendant to a criminal charge having the same effect in those proceedings as a plea of guilty but not precluding him from denying the charge in a subsequent action
nolo contendere
- A plea that can be entered in a criminal or civil case, by which an accused person neither admits guilt nor proclaims innocence of a charge. Nolo contendere is Latin for “I do not wish to contend.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nolo contendere1
First recorded in 1830–35; from Latin: “I am unwilling to contend”; nolle prosequi ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nolo contendere1
Latin: I do not wish to contend
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