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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.
A second writ, or execution, issued when the first has failed to enforce the judgment.

Definition 2024


alías

alías

See also: alias and aliás

Spanish

Verb

alías

  1. Informal second-person singular () present indicative form of aliar.