Alibi

['ælɪbaɪ] or ['æləbaɪ]

Definition

(noun.) (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.

(verb.) exonerate by means of an alibi.

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Definition

(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.

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Definition

n. the plea that a person charged with a crime was elsewhere when it was committed.

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