Search Result for "nolo_contendere":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction;
[syn: nolo contendere, non vult]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nolo contendere \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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nolo contendere n 1: (law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction [syn: nolo contendere, non vult]