Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-17-5

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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

The Attorney General shall be attorney for the board; provided, that in cases of emergency the board may call upon the district attorney of the circuit where the action is to be brought or defended to represent the board until such time as the Attorney General may take charge of the litigation. Any member of the board, or the secretary thereof, shall have power to administer oaths to any witness in any hearing, investigation or proceeding contemplated by this article or by any other law of this state relating to the conservation of oil and gas.