Alabama Code 12-17-27. Authority of judge outside own circuit
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-17-27
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- 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.
- 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
Whenever a circuit judge has jurisdiction of any case, it shall not be necessary for him to be in the judicial circuit in which the case is pending to make interlocutory or final orders or judgments in said case, but any such order or judgment may be made by said judge in any part of the state.