Middle English Dictionary Entry
ā̆lias n. & adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | ā̆lias n. & adv. Also allias. |
| Etymology | L adv. aliās. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law (a) A second writ of attachment issued when the first proves ineffectual; from the phrase sicut alias praecipimus; (b) otherwise called; -- from phr. alias dictus.
Associated quotations
a
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.172 : Your councell thynketh it were well don that ye gete an allias and a pluries that it myght be sent don to the scheryf.
b
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)457 : Iohn perkyn, alias sharp, de wygmore lond.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)142/15 : The which acris all water scriptor, alias wryter, helde as eyere of me.