Terms Used In Alabama Code 23-1-93

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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

In the event of the destruction of a bridge, or damage thereto, rendering the same impassable, or in any other emergency, the county commission may contract for the repair or rebuilding of such bridge without advertisement if the public good requires it, except in cases where the State Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over such bridges.