Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-11-22

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

The clerk or, if he is the accused, the person acting as clerk of the court in which the trial is held shall make and preserve a final record of the proceedings in all respects as clerks of the circuit courts are required to do of trials held therein, and all laws applicable thereto are made applicable to final records and proceedings under this chapter.