Plea of nolo contendere legal definition of Plea of nolo contendere. Plea of nolo contendere synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

[Latin, I will not contest it.] A plea in a criminal case by which the defendant answers the charges made in the indictment by declining to dispute or admit the fact of his or her guilt.

The defendant who pleads nolo contendere submits for a udgment fixing a fine or sentence the same as if he or she had pleaded guilty. The difference is that a plea of nolo contendere cannot later be used to prove wrongdoing in a civil suit for monetary damages, but a plea of guilty can. Nolo contendere is especially popular in antitrust actions, such as price-fixing cases, where it is very likely that civil actions for treble damages will be started after the defendant has been successfully prosecuted.

A plea of nolo contendere may be entered only with the permission of the court, and the court should accept it only after weighing its effect on the parties, the public, and the administration of justice.

nolo contendere (no-low kahn-ten-durr-ray) n. Latin for "I will not contest" the charges which is a plea made by a defendant to a criminal charge, allowing the judge to then find him/her guilty, often called a "plea of no contest." (See: no contest)

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Brief of Petitioners
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No Contest
Non Vult Contendere
Opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 26, 2003
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Respondent'S Brief

A plea of nolo contendere with a filing is never a conviction in Rhode Island.

Child Support in Rhode Island -Soup to Nuts! Establishing, Modifying, ... by David Slepkow / Law community

The Florida Supreme Court in Hall held: Just as the trier of fact must make a choice if the defendant goes to trial, so too must the trial judge make a choice if the defendant enters a plea of nolo contendere to both counts.

Dealing in stolen property, grand theft, and ineffective assistance ... by Via, George C. / Florida Bar Journal

No case shall be transferred to another county under this rule unless a plea of nolo contendere or guilty has been entered by the child on the charge being transferred, or until the transferring court has found the child committed the offense in question after an adjudicatory hearing in the county where the offense occurred.

Proposed drug court rules by Florida Bar News

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