Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-37-72.26

  • 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.

The failure of the election commission to provide for the first election, or the runoff election, within seven days from the occurrence of a vacancy shall not terminate the jurisdiction and the duty of the election commission to provide for such first election or such runoff election.