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Webster 1913 Edition
Alias
A′li-as
,adv.
[L., fr.
alius
. See Else
.] (Law)
(a)
Otherwise; otherwise called; – a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful;
as, Smith,
. alias
Simpson(b)
At another time.
A′li-as
,Noun.
pl.
Aliases
. [L., otherwise, at another time.]
(Law)
(a)
A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
(b)
Another name; an assumed name.
Webster 1828 Edition
Alias
A'LIAS
, [L.] Otherwise; as in this example, Simson alias Smith; a word used in judicial proceedings to connect the different names by which a person is called who attempts to conceal his true name and pass under a fictitious one.A'LIAS
,Noun.