Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 35 > Article 6 > Part 2 - Operation of Office

• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• 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