Terms Used In Alabama Code 8-5-2

  • 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.
  • 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

No corporation doing business in this state shall pay out, by its agents or officers, any change bills, notes, or paper issued without authority of law, the circulation or passing of which is prohibited by the laws of this state; and if such corporation allows the same, it incurs a forfeiture of its charter.