Usually means: Plea accepting charge without admission.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. nolo contendere: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nolo contendere: Merriam-Webster
  3. nolo contendere: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nolo contendere: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nolo contendere: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nolo contendere: Vocabulary.com
  7. nolo contendere: Wordnik
  8. nolo contendere: Wiktionary
  9. nolo contendere: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. nolo contendere: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. nolo contendere: Dictionary.com
  12. Nolo contendere: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Nolo contendere: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. nolo contendere: Rhymezone
  15. Nolo contendere: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. nolo contendere: FreeDictionary.org
  17. nolo contendere: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. nolo contendere: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. nolo contendere: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. nolo contendere: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Nolo Contendere: Legal dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nolo contendere)

noun:  (law) No contest. A plea by a defendant accused of a crime that, without admitting guilt, does not dispute the charge.

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