Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 52 > Article 8 > Part 1 - Bailiffs

• Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
• circuit: means judicial circuit. 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
• 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