Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 35 > Article 11 > Part 1 - Board of Registrars

• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• circuit clerk: includes any successor in function to the circuit clerk. See Alabama Code 17-11-1
• following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1