Lat. He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it. A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form “nolo contendere,” (q. v.,) and sometimes abbreviated “non vult.”
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Lat. He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it. A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form “nolo contendere,” (q. v.,) and sometimes abbreviated “non vult.”
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