plea of alibi

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• alibi — al·i·bi n [Latin, elsewhere, from alius other]: a defense of having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed; also: the fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time a crime was committed ◇… …   Law dictionary

• alibi — is properly a legal term meaning ‘a plea that when an alleged act took place one was elsewhere’. The earliest use of alibi (18c) corresponded to that of the Latin adverb meaning ‘elsewhere’: those under suspicion had to prove that they were alibi …   Modern English usage

• Alibi — Al i*bi, n. [L., elsewhere, at another place. See {Alias}.] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• alibi — (n.) 1743, the plea of having been elsewhere when an action took place, from L. alibi elsewhere, somewhere else, locative of alius (an)other (see ALIAS (Cf. alias) (adv.)). The weakened sense of excuse is attested since 1912, but technically any… …   Etymology dictionary

• plea — [n1] begging request appeal, application, entreaty, imploration, imprecation, intercession, orison, overture, petition, prayer, round robin*, solicitation, suit, supplication; concept 662 Ant. answer, reply plea [n2] excuse, defense action, alibi …   New thesaurus

• alibi — n excuse, pretext, plea, *apology, apologia Analogous words: explanation, justification, rationalization (see corresponding verbs at EXPLAIN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• alibi — [n] defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence account, affirmation, airtight case*, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cop out*, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story*, justification, plea,… …   New thesaurus

• alibi — [al′ə bī΄] n. pl. alibis [L, contr. < alius ibi, elsewhere] 1. Law the defensive plea or fact that an accused person was elsewhere than at the scene of the crime with which the person is charged 2. Informal an excuse vi., vt. alibied, alibiing …   English World dictionary

• plea in being elsewhere — index alibi Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• plea — 1 *apology, apologia, excuse, pretext, alibi Analogous words: explanation, justification, rationalization (see corresponding verbs at EXPLAIN): defense, vindication (see corresponding verbs at MAINTAIN) 2 *prayer, suit, petition, appeal Analogous …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• alibi — Precise and careful speakers and writers limit the use of alibi to its meaning in law; a plea or fact of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed : The defendant s alibi was that he was out of town when the crime took place. Alibi is… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions