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Alibi
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Lat. for "elsewhere"), in law, the defence resorted to in criminal prosecutions, where the person charged alleges that he was so far distant at the time from the place where the crime was committed that he could not have been guilty. An alibi, if substantiated, is the most conclusive proof of innocence.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alibi'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alibi.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alibi'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alibi.html. 1910.
