Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-1-370

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The department may participate as a party plaintiff or defendant, or as an intervener on behalf of the state or any municipality or citizen thereof, in any controversy concerning any claimed encroachment by the federal government or any foreign state upon any state or individual rights pertaining to aeronautics.