Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-16-81

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

If the sheriff fails to summon any jurors drawn or any person summoned fails or refuses to attend the trial or there is any mistake in the name of any person drawn or summoned, none nor all of these grounds shall be sufficient to quash the venire or continue the case.