Nolo contendere

Nolo contendere

A plea in a criminal case which is essentially the same as a guilty plea. The only difference is that a guilty plea may be used as evidence in a subsequent civil suit against the defendant, but a nolo plea may not be so used. A nolo plea counts as a first offence in second offence cases.

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nolo contendere

Law; Legal

A no contest plea in which a defendant refuses to contest the charges, but admits no guilt. A person entering such a plea can be sentenced as though he had entered a guilty plea.

nolo contendere

Life Sciences; Regulatory

A plea in a criminal case which is essentially the same as a guilty plea. The only difference is that a guilty plea may be used as evidence in a subsequent civil suit against the ...

nolo contendere

Law; General law

A plea by which a defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction as though a guilty plea had been entered but does not admit guilt.

nolo contendere

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No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.

nolo contendere

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

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