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Definition of Nolo contendere
1. Noun. (law) an answer of 'no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction.
Definition of Nolo contendere
1. Noun. (legal) No contest. The designation of a plea that means that the defendant does not admit the charge, but has no means to dispute it that the court will recognize. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nolo Contendere
Literary usage of Nolo contendere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Federal Practice, Civil and Criminal: Including Practice in by Roger Foster (1920)
"Plea of nolo contendere. A plea of nolo contendere is one by which a defendant
forgoes his right to make a defense without acknowledging his guilt.1 It has ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Procedure by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1918)
"CONFESSION—PLEA OF GUILTY—nolo contendere 129. If the defendant confesses his
guilt, either expressly by a plea of guilty, or impliedly by a plea of nolo ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"Plea of guilty or nolo contendere. — The plea of guilty is a record admission of
the truth of whatever is well alleged in the indictment, ..."
4. Criminal Procedure, Or, Commentaries on the Law of Pleading and Evidence and by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1880)
"10 V. The Plea of nolo contendere. § 802. How defined. — The plea of nolo contendere
is a formal declaration by the defendant in court, that he will not ..."
5. A Treatise on Federal Criminal Law Procedure by William Hawley Atwell (1916)
"nolo contendere—Practice Regulating; After Plea Accepted Cannot be Withdrawn
Except by Leave of Court. 42n. New Trial; Discretion of Court—Rulings on Not ..."
6. Prosecution and Defense: Practical Directions and Forms for the Grand-jury by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1901)
"The plea of nolo contendere; VIII. Pleadings subsequent to the pleas; IX.
Setting up insanity in defense; X. The change of venue; XL The application for a ..."
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