Nolo contendere

·- A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.

nolo
nōlo, nōlŭi, nolle (nevis for non vis, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 32 Brix ad loc.; id. Most. 3, 2, 75; id. P...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
nolo
nōlō nōluī, —, nōlle ne+volo, to wish . . . not, will . . . not, not to wish, to be unwilling : (m...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary