Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-21-41

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Copies of the field notes of the original government surveys of lands or other evidences of title to lands furnished by the Secretary of State or by the United States, or any department thereof, to the probate judge, when certified by such judge, are admissible in evidence.