2006-11-09 11:09:24 · 9 answers · asked by celinuchis90 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
An alibi is evidence that you werent in a particular place at a particular time.
2006-11-09 11:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by Dravos 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
alibi
noun: plural alibis
1. accused's claim of having been elsewhere: a form of defense against an accusation in which the accused person claims or proves that he or she was somewhere else at the time that a crime was committed
2. somebody or something giving alibi: somebody or something used by an accused person to prove that he or she was somewhere else at the time that a crime was committed
3. △excuse: an explanation offered to justify something (informal)
transitive verb (past and past participle al·i·bied, present participle al·i·bi·ing, 3rd person present singular al·i·bis)
give alibi for somebody: to provide an alibi or excuse for somebody
[Late 17th century. < Latin , "elsewhere"]
alibi meaning "excuse":
Alibi should only be used informally in the weakened meaning "an explanation offered to justify something," because it has a precise legal meaning that is in danger of being compromised. Avoid overuse when excuse is the more natural word to use: He used his illness as an excuse [not as an alibi] for leaving work early.
2006-11-09 11:26:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anwar Ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Latin "alibi" is an adverb meaning "in another place." Often in English law (where they tended to use Latin a lot), a judgment for acquittal might say "the defendant was able to prove himself alibi" (i.e., he was able to prove he was elsewhere when the crime was committed). From there it became legal jargon for "an excuse intended to avert blame or punishment" (the defendant had a good alibi), and soon that became its accepted English definition.
2006-11-09 12:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by gradivus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are charged with a crime, if you have an 'alibi,' you have proof that you were some place else other than where the crime was committed. For example, if someone is chraged with stealing on Wednesday, They could come up with an 'alibi' that they were out of town on Wednesday.
2016-05-22 01:31:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An alibi is proof that you were in a certain place at a certain time with someone as a witness. It is used in legal circles as a means of proving that someone did not commit a crime.
2006-11-09 11:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When in court and accused guilty your alibi provides an excuse to as why you are innocent.
2006-11-09 11:17:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not an excuse but a verifiable circumstance for why you were at a certain place and time.
2006-11-09 11:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by smc8098 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an excuse
2006-11-09 11:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by jard jard binx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont you use a DIC-TION-ARY?
2006-11-09 13:43:45 · answer #9 · answered by disaintnofunkyreggaeparty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋