Alibi
Alibi in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of alibi.
Meaning of Alibi in Spanish
Description/ translation of alibi into Spanish: coartada[1]
Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where alibi belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.
Notes and References
- Translation of Alibi published by Antonio Peñaranda
Resources
See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Officer
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- alibi in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- alibi in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Alibi
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Alibi : (from Latin: elsewhere)
A defence to a criminal charge alleging that the defendant was not at the place at which the crime was committed and so could not have been responsible for it. If the defendant claims to have been at a particular place at the time of the crime, evidence in support of an alibi may only be given if the defendant has supplied particulars of it to the prosecution not later than seven days after committal, unless the Crown Court considers that there was a valid reason for not supplying them.
Crime: alibi
Concept of “Alibi”
Traditional meaning of alibi in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Elsewhere. A defence in criminal law, showing that the accused was in another place when the offence was committed; see 62 Miss. 243.
Resources
Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Alibi”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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