Definition and Citations:
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.”
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.”