no contest

Spanish translation: nolo contendere

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English term or phrase:	no contest
Spanish translation:	nolo contendere
Entered by:	Robert Anderson

17:20 Mar 12, 2002

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Law/Patents

English term or phrase: no contest

...Enter a plea of guilty, not guilty or no contest.

Robert Anderson KudoZ activity Questions: 192 (none open) (3 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 287
Local time: 07:58

Sin disputa (nolo contendere)

Explanation:
Nolo contendere will be more universally accepted.

Selected response from:

Judy Rojas
Chile
Local time: 09:58

Grading comment

It seems that everybody was right, and I thank all of you. I decided to go with the Latin, which appears to be common enough. Why can't we give points to everyone?...
Robert R. Anderson
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

Sin disputa (nolo contendere)

Judy Rojas

4 +4

sin defensa, sin impugnación

Kenji Otomo

4 +1

Sin Alegato / Impugnación

Claudia Campbell

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

sin defensa, sin impugnación

Explanation:
En el lenguaje jurídico, "contest" es defensa. Si se trata de una disputa, entonces la traducción sería "impugnación"

Kenji Otomo
Spain
Local time: 15:58
PRO pts in pair: 127

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Sin Alegato / Impugnación

Explanation:
-Plea of guilty: declaración de culpabilidad;
-Plea of not guilty: declaración de inocencia
-No Contest: Sin Litigio/impugnación / alegato / refutación

Espero haberte ayudado.
Lusobras.

REfª: Dic.Términos Jurídicos Esp-Ing-Esp; Alcaraz Varó & Hughes.

Claudia Campbell
Brazil
Local time: 10:58
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 50

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Sin disputa (nolo contendere)

Explanation:
Nolo contendere will be more universally accepted.

Reference: http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/Reports/cjguideSPmain4.htm

Judy Rojas
Chile
Local time: 09:58
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1139

Grading comment

It seems that everybody was right, and I thank all of you. I decided to go with the Latin, which appears to be common enough. Why can't we give points to everyone?...
Robert R. Anderson

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