Associations to the word «Nolo»

Wiktionary

NOLO CONTENDERE, noun. (legal) No contest. The designation of a plea that means that the defendant does not admit the charge, but has no means to dispute it that the court will recognize.
NOLO EPISCOPARI, interjection. Expressing a facetiously modest refusal of something which is actually desired.

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