单词 | nolo contendere |
释义 | nolo contendere (once / 246236 pages) n WORD FAMILY nolo contendere USAGE EXAMPLESNolo contendere is a good plea for late bad work. The New Yorker(Nov 10, 2014) Others found his plea of essentially nolo contendere to be tantamount to an admission of doping. Chicago Tribune(Aug 24, 2012) n (law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction Syn|Hyper non vult answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims |
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