Terms Used In Alabama Code 2-22-6

  • 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.
  • 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.

The commissioner is authorized and empowered to cancel the license of any licensee or refuse to issue a license to any applicant upon satisfactory evidence that the licensee or applicant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasions or attempted evasions of the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; provided, that no license shall be revoked or refused until the licensee shall have been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing before the board, with the further opportunity of appealing to a court of competent jurisdiction for judicial review of such revocation or refusal.