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alibi definition - legal

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 Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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