mute

mute
I adjective close-lipped, closemouthed, dumb, hushed, inarticulate, incapable of speech, incommunicative, indisposed to talk, mutus, noiseless, pauciloquent, quiescent, quiet, refraining from utterance, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless, speechless, still, taciturn, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, unable to speak, unable to utter articulate sound, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unloquacious, untalkative, unvocal, unvocalizing, voiceless, wordless II index inarticulate, moderate (temper), repress, speechless, stifle, subdue, taciturn, unresponsive

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


mute
n. The act or condition of remaining silent when required to enter a plea.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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