A"li*as , n.; pl.
Aliases (&?;). [L., otherwise, at another time.]
(Law) (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first
writ has expired without effect.
(b) Another name; an assumed name.
A"li*as (&?;), adv. [L.,
fr. alius. See Else.]
(Law)
(a) 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. (b) At another time.
Hear it pronounced