no contest

noun

: nolo contendere

Examples of no contest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Isaiah Lee was sentenced to serve 270 days in jail for the attack after pleading no contest and was later conditionally released to a recovery center. — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Paul Pelosi, 86, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of hit-and-run and a traffic infraction of making an unlawful turn in connection with the July crash in Yountsville, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office said. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Shentrica Jones Clark, 41, pleaded no contest on Monday and received a withhold of adjudication, meaning no criminal conviction will appear on her record. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

That time on the list followed Jacobs pleading no contest in September to battery and criminal-damage-to-property charges stemming from a May domestic incident with his former girlfriend. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

no contest

noun

: nolo contendere