nolo contendere

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:27:47

No"lo con*ten"de*re (?). [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.

 

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