See Also: alias(dictionary)
Alias(law)
alias 1, preposition(dictionary)
alias 2, noun(dictionary)
ALIAS, practice(law)
ALIAS SUMMONS:(law)

alias (iou)



alias adverb & noun. LME.
[Latin = at another time, otherwise.]
A. adverb. Otherwise called or named; called at other times. LME.
E. O'Neill It sounds to me like Bacchus, alias the Demon Rum, doing the talking.
b. noun.
Law. A second writ, containing the words sicut alias praecipimus, issued after the first has failed. LME-E19.
A name by which a person is or has been called on other occasions; an assumed name. E17.
Physics & Telecommunications. Each of a set of signal frequencies which, when sampled at a given uniform rate, would give the same set of sampled values, and thus might be incorrectly substituted for one another when reconstructing the original signal. M20.
Computing. An alternative name or label that refers to a file, command, address, etc., and can be used to locate or access it. M20.
aliasing verbal noun (a) Physics & Telecommunications the misidentification of a signal frequency, introducing distortion or error; (b) Computing the use of aliases to designate files, commands, addresses, or other items: M20.