ALIBI (Lat. for "elsewhere")

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ALIBI (Lat. for "elsewhere") , in law, the

defence

DEFENCE
DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

resorted to in criminal prosecutions, where the

person

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

charged alleges that he was so far distant at the

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme,
hour
- HOUR
, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

from the

place

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

where the

crime

CRIME (Lat. crimen,
accusation
- ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)
)

was committed that he could not have been guilty. An

alibi

ALIBI (Lat. for "elsewhere")

, if substantiated, is the most conclusive

proof

PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

of innocence.

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