Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-6-8.1

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will

All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any business establishment, which is located outside of the corporate limits of any town or municipality even though it may be located within the police jurisdiction of a town or municipality, is hereby authorized to install and commercially operate billiard tables on its premises so long as the person, firm, or corporation operating such tables has secured a license for such operation from the judge of probate of the county wherein such establishment is located as provided for in Article 2, of this chapter.