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‖ nolo contendere|ˈnəʊləʊ kɒnˈtɛndəreɪ|
[L., ‘I do not wish to contend’.]
‘A plea by the defendant in a criminal prosecution that without admitting guilt subjects him to a judgment of conviction as in case of a plea of guilty but does not preclude him from denying the truth of the charges in a collateral proceeding’ (Webster, 1961).
1872G. P. Burnham Memo. U.S. Secret Service p. vii, Nolo contendere, don't wish further to contend. 1960Times 9 Dec. 11/2 Counsel for these companies told the court that their pleas of Guilty and nolo contendere were not an admission of all allegations on the indictment, but were made with a desire to terminate what would otherwise be protracted and expensive litigation. 1972N.Y. Law Jrnl. 24 Nov. 3/1 [He] entered a plea of nolo-contendere to ten counts of securities fraud of an indictment charging him with sixteen counts of securities law violations. |