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(v) : Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called. (Used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.); to assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one

(n) : another name; an assumed name; a second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect