See also Alibi
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Latin alibi (“‘elsewhere, at another place’”).
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Alibi ({{{1}}})
- (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 alibi; to prove an alibi. The Criminal Law Deskbook (1988; ISBN 0820512176) states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses...it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent."
Translations[]
criminal legal defense
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Derived terms[]
- watertight alibi
Verb[]
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to Alibi (third-person singular simple present alibi, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- To provide an alibi for.
- To provide an excuse for.
See also[]
- Wikipedia article Alibi
- Wikipedia article Defense
- Wikipedia article Locked room mystery
- Wikipedia article Perfect murder
Finnish[]
Noun[]
Alibi
Declension[]
Declension of Alibi (type risti)
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Italian[]
Noun[]
alibi m. inv.
Anagrams[]
- abiil,
- abili
- bilia
- Libia
Latin[]
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Alibi
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Audio noicon (file)
Noun[]
Alibi n. (indeclinable)
Serbo-Croatian[]
Noun[]
àlībi m. (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)
Declension[]
declension of Alibi
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nominative | alibi | alibiji |
genitive | alibija | alibija |
dative | alibiju | alibijima |
accusative | alibi | alibije |
vocative | alibi | alibiji |
locative | alibiju | alibijima |
instrumental | alibijem | alibijima |
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