Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-89-38

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • special corporation: shall mean any corporation organized pursuant to this article. See Alabama Code 11-89-31
  • 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

Sections 11-89-8 to property, issuance of bonds, etc., exclusive; jurisdiction over and regulation of district, etc., by State Board of Health, Public Service Commission, etc.” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2020″ statecd=”AL” title=”11″>11-89-19, inclusive, which are applicable to a district shall be applicable, with the necessary changes in detail, to a special corporation, except that no special corporation created by this article shall create another special corporation under this article.