Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 16 > Chapter 29 - Mental and Physical Examinations of School Children

• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• board: The civil service board created by this part. See Alabama Code 45-17A-82.01
• city: The City of Tuscumbia, Alabama. See Alabama Code 45-17A-82.01
• demotion: The reassignment of a covered employee to a position of a lesser class involving less responsibility and less complex duties. See Alabama Code 45-17A-82.01
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• HEAD OF DEPARTMENT: Any individual designated by the city council as head of a major activity or department. See Alabama Code 45-17A-82.01
• oath: includes affirmation. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• promotion: The reassignment of a covered employee to a higher job class involving a definite and defined increase in duties and responsibilities and a corresponding increase in remuneration. See Alabama Code 45-17A-82.01
• REGULAR STATUS: A condition of employment that covered employees are afforded upon completion of the established probationary period and approval by the appointing authority. See Alabama Code 45-17A-82.01
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.