Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-11-4

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. 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

The circuit courts of the several counties of the state shall be open for the transaction of any and all business or judicial proceedings of every kind at all times.