alibi

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
◇ Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.1 requires the defendant to provide notice upon written demand of an intention to offer a defense of alibi. Likewise, the prosecution must provide to the defendant upon written demand the names of witnesses that will be used to rebut the defense.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

alibi
I noun corroborative excuse, declaration, defense, defensive evidence, defensive plea, exculpatory excuse, excuse, explanation, justifiable excuse, justification, justificatory excuse, plausible excuse, plea in being elsewhere, proof of absence, verifiable excuse, verificative excuse associated concepts: affirmative defense, notice of intention to introduce alibi defense, traverse of indictment II index compurgation, excuse, pretext

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


alibi
n.
A defense in which the defendant claims to have been someplace other than the scene of a crime when the crime was committed and produces evidence to prove it, thus proving that it was physically impossible for him or her to have committed the crime in question.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


alibi
'elsewhere', the defence in a criminal trial in the UK (and, indeed, the USA) that the accused was somewhere else at the time the alleged crime was committed.
In both England and Scotland, the defence must give the prosecution notice of such a defence.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


alibi
A defense that asserts that the defendant could not have committed the crime because the defendant was somewhere else when the crime took place.
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


alibi
n.
1 In a criminal action, a defense that the defendant was somewhere other than the scene of the crime when the crime was committed.
2 The fact or state of being somewhere other than the scene of the crime when the crime was committed.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


alibi
Elsewhere; in another place.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

alibi
n.
   an excuse used by a person accused or suspected of a crime. In the original Latin it means "in another place," which has to be the ultimate alibi.

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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