Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-11-5

  • 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

Proceedings under Sections 174 and 175 of Article 7 of the constitution shall be instituted in the name of the State of Alabama in the nature of an information by the Attorney General or a district attorney or upon the information of such other persons as are by this chapter allowed to institute the same. All such proceedings shall be conducted and all process shall issue in the name of the State of Alabama.