Terms Used In Alabama Code 37-4-9

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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

All applications for the issuance of securities or assumption of liability or obligation shall be placed at the head of the commission’s docket and disposed of promptly, and all such applications shall be disposed of in 60 days after the same are filed with the commission, unless it is necessary for good cause to continue the same for a longer period for consideration. Whenever such application is continued beyond 60 days after the time it is filed, the order making such continuance must state fully the facts necessitating such continuance.