Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
al·i·biFunction:
nounEtymology: Latin, elsewhere, from
alius other
: a defense of having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed;
also : the fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time a crime was committed
NOTE: Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.1 requires the defendant to provide notice upon written demand of an intention to offer a defense of alibi. Likewise, the prosecution must provide to the defendant upon written demand the names of witnesses that will be used to rebut the defense.