Story in court (5)

I believe the answer is:

alibi

(Other definitions for alibi that I've seen before include "Legal defence proving innocence" , "Proof of being somewhere else at the time" , "Pretext; court excuse" , "that gets him off the hook?" , "Excuse, defence" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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