§ 11-47-110 Animals running at large on streets; driving livestock through streets
§ 11-47-110.1 Certified animal control officer in Class 5 and Class 8 municipalities
§ 11-47-111 Prohibition of gaming and gambling houses, etc
§ 11-47-112 Promotion of temperance; suppression of intemperance and traffic in certain beverages, etc
§ 11-47-113 Prohibition of houses of prostitution
§ 11-47-114 Regulation of running, etc., of trains or automobiles within corporate limits
§ 11-47-115 Regulation of operation of street railroad company over tracks of another
§ 11-47-116 Taking up and storing of abandoned and stolen personal property; redemption by owner; sale and disposition of proceeds
§ 11-47-117 Abatement of nuisances, etc., generally; assessment of costs of abatement
§ 11-47-118 Maintenance of civil actions to enjoin and abate public nuisances

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 11 > Subtitle 2 > Chapter 47 > Article 4 - General Police Powers

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds and conveyances. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1