What is "alibi"

Alibi \Al"i*bi\, n. [L., elsewhere, at another place. See Alias.] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

1743, "the plea of having been elsewhere when an action took place," from Latin alibi "elsewhere, somewhere else," locative of alius "(an)other" (see alias (adv.)). The weakened sense of "excuse" is attested since 1912, but technically any proof of innocence that doesn't involve being "elsewhere" is an excuse, not an alibi.

n. (context legal English) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. vb. 1 To provide an alibi#Noun for. 2 To provide an excuse for.

1. n. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" [syn: excuse, exculpation, self-justification]

3. v. exonerate by means of an alibi

Alibi is a 1929 American crime film directed by Roland West. The screenplay was written by West and C. Gardner Sullivan, who adapted the 1927 Broadway stage play, Nightstick, written by Elaine Sterne Carrington, J.C. Nugent, Elliott Nugent and John Wray.

Alternate titles for the film include The Perfect Alibi and Nightstick.

The movie is a crime melodrama starring Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch and Eleanore Griffith. Director West experimented a great deal with sound, music, and camera angles.

Alibi is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel launched on 1 November 1997 and relaunched in its current format on 7 October 2008. The channel is available on satellite through Sky, on cable, primarily through Virgin Media and on IPTV through BT TV, TalkTalk TV and TVPlayer (When subscribed to TVPlayer Plus).

Alibi is a 1928 play by Michael Morton based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a novel by British crime writer Agatha Christie.

It opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West End on 15 May 1928, starring Charles Laughton as Hercule Poirot. It was deemed a success and ran for 250 performances closing on 7 December 1928. It was the first work of Agatha Christie's to be presented on stage and the first ever adaptation of one of her works for any medium outside of her books. Retitled The Fatal Alibi, the play was first presented on Broadway in February 1932; the production was directed by Laughton, who reprised the role of Poirot.

An alibi is a form of defense used in criminal procedure wherein the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the alleged offense was committed. The Criminal Law Deskbook of Criminal Procedure states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses; it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent." In the Latin language alibī means "somewhere else."

Alibi is the ninth original studio album by American folk rock duo America, released by Capitol Records in 1980.

Alibi is a 2007 psychological thriller film directed and produced by James Chean.

"Alibi" is a song by David Gray. It was released as the third and final single from his album Life in Slow Motion. The single coincided with the release of his Live in Slow Motion DVD, filmed live at the Hammersmith Apollo on December 13, 2005. The version of "Alibi" on CD2 features the live version from the DVD. The single received mixed reviews, and peaked at #71 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Gray's first single not to chart in the top 40 since the original release of "Please Forgive Me" in 1999. The B-side "Golden Ray" was featured exclusively on the limited edition 7" vinyl version of the single.

Alibi is the third studio album by Dutch hard rock band Vandenberg, released in 1985 on Atco Records. Like its predecessor the album artwork was created by guitarist Adrian Vandenberg himself.

An alibi is the mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed.

Alibi may also refer to:

In film and theatre:

• Alibi (play), a 1928 Agatha Christie play
• Alibi (1929 film), a 1929 film
• Alibi (1931 film), a 1931 film based on the Christie play
• Alibi (1942 film), a 1942 film
• Alibi (1969 film), a 1969 film
• Alibi (1997 film), a 1997 TV film directed by Andy Wolk
• Alibi (2007 film), a 2007 film directed and produced by James Chean
• The Alibi, a 2006 film

In print:

• A is for Alibi, a mystery novel by Sue Grafton
• Weekly Alibi, a weekly newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Alibi Bar, a bar in the Nick Knatterton comic strip
• Alibi, a book by Joseph Kanon

In television:

• Alibi (TV channel), formerly known as UKTV Drama

In music:

• Alibi (singer), Swedish singer of Tunisian descent
• Alibi (America album)
• Alibi (Vandenberg album)
• Alibis, a 1978 debut album by French Canadian singer Carole Laure
• "Alibis", a 1984 single by Sérgio Mendes
• "Alibis", a 1984 single by Canadian band Moev
• Alibis (album), a 1993 album by American country musician Tracy Lawrence
  • "Alibis" (song), the title track and first single from the album
• "Alibi" (David Gray song), 2005
• "Alibi" (Eddie Razaz song), 2013
• "Alibis", a song by American singer Martika
• "Alibi" (Milica Pavlović song)
• "Alibis", a 2006 track from the debut album Fix Me by Marianas Trench

Alibi is a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Vittorio Gassman.

Alibi (1931) is a British mystery detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Austin Trevor, Franklin Dyall, and Elizabeth Allan.

The film was adapted from the 1928 play Alibi by Michael Morton which was in turn based on the Agatha Christie novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd featuring her famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

Austin Trevor once claimed he was cast as Poirot because he could speak with a French accent. It was the first of three Poirot adaptations made by Twickenham Film Studios in the 1930s, followed by Black Coffee the same year, and Lord Edgware Dies in 1934, all starring Trevor as Poirot. He later appeared in The Alphabet Murders, a 1965 Christie film, playing a minor role.

Alibi is a 1942 British mystery film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Margaret Lockwood, James Mason and Hugh Sinclair. It was based on the novel L'Alibi by Marcel Achard.

Alibi is a language game spoken by children in Australia. It is not a true language, instead an obfuscation of English. It is a system of manipulating the syllables of spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear. The language can be easily mentally encoded and decoded by a skilled speaker at the rate of normal speech, while those who either don't know the key or aren't practiced in rapid speech are left hearing nothing but gibberish.

"Alibi" is the eighth episode of the eleventh season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 242nd episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on November 12, 2013. The episode is written by George Schenck and Frank Cardea and directed by Holly Dale, and was seen by 19.37 million viewers.

"Alibi" is a song recorded by Serbian pop recording artist Milica Pavlović featuring rapper Nesh which served as the fourth single from her debut studio album Govor tela. The video and song were originally planned to premiere on the 22 December 2013 episode of the television show Narod pita, but the release was delayed until 2 January 2014. The lyrics were written by Vuksan Bilanović, with music by Atelje Trag.

The music video was filmed in December 2013 at a cost of €20,000. It premiered the same day as the song.

The Alibi, also known as Alibi Restaurant and Lounge and Alibi Tiki Lounge, is a restaurant and tiki bar located in Portland, Oregon's Overlook neighborhood, in the United States.

"Alibi" is a pop / dance song released in 2013 by the Swedish singer of Persian origin Eddie Razaz. He had been a contestant in Swedish Idol 2009 finishing sixth and eventually forming the duo REbound! with fellow Idol contestant Rabih Jaber. After breaking-up, Razaz had decided to go on with a solo career.

Razaz took part in Melodifestivalen 2013 on 16 February 2013, in a bid to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The song co-written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström and performed by Razaz in the third semi-final leg of the competition failed to move forward to the finals.