Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 2 > Article 11 > Part 1 - Board of Registrars

• following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.