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no-contest<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1931)
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1. A criminal defendant’s\u00a0 plea that, while not admitting guilt, the defendant will not dispute the charge.\u00a0 *\u00a0 This plea is often preferable to a guilty plea, which can be used against the defendant in a later civil lawsuit.<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2014 aka <\/span><\/span>no-contest plea<\/span><\/strong><\/span>;<\/span><\/span> nolo contendere<\/span><\/strong><\/span>;<\/span><\/span> non vult contendere<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

nolo plea<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1942)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> A plea by which the defendant does <\/strong>not contest or admit guilt.\u00a0<\/strong> See<\/span> Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(b)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

nolo contendere<\/em><\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1829)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> [latin: “I do not wish to contend”]\u00a0 NO CONTEST. <\/strong>\u2014 Often shortened to nolo<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Literally, “I do not wish to content.<\/span>”\u00a0 Substantially, though not technically, a plea of guilty, an implied confession; a quasi confession of guilt. 21 Am J2d Crim L \u00a7 497<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A plea recognized in administrative proceedings. Re 17 Club, Inc. 26 NJ Super 43, 97 A2d 171<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is difficult to define the exact nature of a plea of nolo contendere<\/em>; regardless of the label attached, the plea for practical purposes is a plea of guilty, or the equivalent thereof.\u00a0 United States v Safeway Stores<\/em>, Inc. (DC Tex) 20 FRD 451<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Means “I do not wish to content.<\/span>”\u00a0 A plea in a criminal case, also referred to as no contest, which, although it is essentially the same as a guilty plea, and carries the same consequences with respect to punishment, can be entered only with leave of court, because it is not admission of responsibility and cannot be used against the defendant in a civil action based upon the same facts.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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