Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-1-86

  • 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

The county commission of any county, with the consent or permission of the city council or governing body of any municipality, may establish, construct, and maintain any road, street, or bridge within the corporate limits of such municipality except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such road, street, or bridge.