An alibi is proof that a person was somewhere else when a crime happened, showing they could not have done it. It can be a person’s statement, video, receipt, or anything that confirms their location.
From Latin *alibī* meaning “elsewhere.” It entered legal language to indicate that the accused was in a different place at the time of the crime.
Alibi literally just means “I was elsewhere.” It’s a neat reminder that in law, sometimes where you weren’t is even more important than where you were.
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