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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Alias

/āl'-ē-əs/ · A·li·as · IPA /ˈeɪ.li.əs/
01 adv. 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…
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    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.(Law)
02 n. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
pl. Aliases
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    A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.(Law)