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nolo contendere
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nolo contendere has 1 sense
- nolo contendere(n = noun.communication) non vult - (law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction; Array is a kind of answer
CIDE DICTIONARY
nolo contendere, [L., I do not wish to contend.].
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]
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