Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 48 > Article 7 > Part 2 - Districts

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• 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