1. (n.) Another name; an assumed name; as, to check into a hotel under an alias\.

2. (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 whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

3. (adv.) At another time.

4. (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

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