Same as pleading guilty, except that your plea cannot be used against you in civil court. You can only use this in traffic or criminal court. Also called nolo, which in Latin means I do not wish to contend.

A plea in which the defendant does not contest the charge. This has the same effect as a guilty plea except the conviction cannot be used against the defendant in a civil suit.

A fight that is cancelled by the referee due to a lack of effort on the part of the boxers involved is dubbed a "No Contest". Also used to classify a fight when a boxer wins but then subsequently fails a drug test.

A plea made in a court of law that is neither guilty or not guilty but an admission to the facts on which a charge is based. Often used when an act is committed but will be argued that the act is not criminal for some reason.

See nolo contendere.

A plea in a court in answer to a charge stated that the defendant will not contest the charge, but neither admits guilt nor claims innocence. It is tantamount to a guilty plea. Same as Nolo Contendere.

No contest is a technical term used in the sport of boxing, to describe a fight which ends for reasons outside the fighters' hands. Various reasons could be used for a fight to be ruled a no contest, but the rules that dictate whether a fight should be called a no contest, a disqualification win for one of the boxers, or a knockout win for one of the boxers differ from country to country.