excuse; defense
offer an excuse; make an alibi; find a pretext
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Alibi Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Elsewhere
elsewhere, in other respects.
else where, in other respects
Alibi Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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 alibi; to prove an alibi.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe 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 alibi; to prove an alibi.
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Noun
1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
(hypernym) defense, defence, vindication
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
(synonym) excuse, exculpation, self-justification
(hypernym) defense, defence, vindication
(hyponym) extenuation, mitigation
Verb
1. exonerate by means of an alibi
(hypernym) excuse, explain
(derivation) excuse, exculpation, self-justification
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Alibi Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An alibi is a type of defense found in legal proceedings by demonstrating that the defendant was not in the place where an alleged offense was committed. There may be legal ramifications for not disclosing a true alibi defense, as well as penalties for providing a false alibi.
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Alibi Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
Proof offered by one accused of a crime that he was in a different place from that at which the crime was committed at the time it was committed.
This is a Latin word which signifies 'elsewhere'.
When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fuisse alibi,) that he was at the time alleged, in a different place from that in which it was committed, he is said to prove an alibi, the effect of which is to lay a foundation for the necessary inference, that he could not have committed it.
This proof is usually made out by the testimony of witnesses, but it is presumed it might be made out by writings; as if the party could prove by a record properly authenticated, that on the day or at the time in question, he was in another place.
It must be admitted that mere alibi evidence lies under a great and general prejudice, and ought to be heard with uncommon caution; but if it appear, to be founded in truth, it is the best negative evidence that can be offered; it is really positive evidence, which in the nature of things necessarily implies a negative; and in many cases it is the only evidence which an innocent man can offer.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.This is a Latin word which signifies 'elsewhere'.
When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fuisse alibi,) that he was at the time alleged, in a different place from that in which it was committed, he is said to prove an alibi, the effect of which is to lay a foundation for the necessary inference, that he could not have committed it.
This proof is usually made out by the testimony of witnesses, but it is presumed it might be made out by writings; as if the party could prove by a record properly authenticated, that on the day or at the time in question, he was in another place.
It must be admitted that mere alibi evidence lies under a great and general prejudice, and ought to be heard with uncommon caution; but if it appear, to be founded in truth, it is the best negative evidence that can be offered; it is really positive evidence, which in the nature of things necessarily implies a negative; and in many cases it is the only evidence which an innocent man can offer.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
An excuse that proves the physical impossibility that a suspected personcould have committed the crime.
At another place, Elsewhere
Alibi Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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