A'LIAS , [Latin] 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.
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A second writ, or execution, issued when the first has failed to enforce the judgment.
1. 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.
2. At another time.
1. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
2. Another name; an assumed name.
Alias
Encyclopedia Britannica
ALIAS, signifying at another time, is used in judicial proceedings to connect the several names of a person who attempts to conceal his true name, or to pass under a feigned one; as Smith alias Jones, James alias John.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 574
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Misnomer Roget’s Thesaurus §565
N. misnomer, lucus a non lucendo, mrs. # malaprop, what d'ye call 'em, hoosier, nickname, sobriquet, by-name, assumed name, assumed title, alias, nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pseudonym, pseudonymy
V. misname, miscall, misterm, nickname, assume a name
Adj. misnamed, pseudonymous, soi-disant, self called, self styled, self christened, so-called, nameless, anonymous, without a having no name, innominate, unnamed, unacknowledged
Adv. in no sense
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