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15-8-70
Section 15-8-70 Presentation to court and endorsement; limitations on entry in minutes and
inspection. All indictments must be presented to the court by the foreman of the grand jury
in the presence of at least 11 other jurors, must be endorsed "filed" and must have
the endorsement dated and signed by the clerk; but no entry of an indictment found must be
made on the minutes, nor must any indictment be inspected by any other person than the district
attorney, the presiding judge and the clerk of the court until the defendant has been arrested
or has given bail for his appearance. (Code 1852, §598; Code 1867, §4148; Code 1876, §4821;
Code 1886, §4386; Code 1896, §4914; Code 1907, §7152; Code 1923, §4547; Code 1940, T.
15, §250.)...
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6-5-218
Section 6-5-218 Rule of prescription regarding damages arising out of improvements to real
property. (a) No action in tort, contract, or otherwise shall be commenced against any person
performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction
or the construction of an improvement to real property more than seven years after the substantial
completion of such improvement for the recovery of damages for: (1) Any deficiency in the
design, planning, supervision, or observation of construction or construction of such an improvement;
or (2) Injury to real or personal property caused by any such deficiency; or (3) Injury to
or wrongful death of a person caused by any such deficiency. (b) The prohibition provided
in this section shall apply to any action commenced against a person for his own act, or failure
to act, or for the act, or failure to act, of his employees; likewise, the prohibition contained
in this section shall extend to every demand, whether...
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15-10-60
Section 15-10-60 Definition; procedure. A "bench warrant" is one issued by a judge
for the arrest of one accused of a crime by a grand jury. Every officer is bound to issue
it within his jurisdiction, and every person so arrested must be committed to jail until bail
is tendered. Any judicial officer or the sheriff of the county where the accusation was found
may receive the bail, fix the amount of the bond and approve the sureties, unless it is a
case that is bailable only before some particular officer. (Code 1907, §7862; Code 1923,
§5597; Code 1940, T. 15, §184.)...
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12-16-150
Section 12-16-150 Challenges of jurors for cause - Grounds generally. It is good ground for
challenge of a juror by either party: (1) That the person has not been a resident householder
or freeholder of the county for the last preceding six months. (2) That he is not a citizen
of Alabama. (3) That he has been indicted within the last 12 months for felony or an offense
of the same character as that with which the defendant is charged. (4) That he is connected
by consanguinity within the ninth degree, or by affinity within the fifth degree, computed
according to the rules of the civil law, either with the defendant or with the prosecutor
or the person alleged to be injured. (5) That he has been convicted of a felony. (6) That
he has an interest in the conviction or acquittal of the defendant or has made any promise
or given any assurance that he will convict or acquit the defendant. (7) That he has a fixed
opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant which would bias his...
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12-1-8
Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for
contempt. The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict
summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases than: (1) Disrespectful,
contemptuous or insolent behavior in court, tending in any way to diminish or impair the respect
due to judicial tribunals or to interrupt the due course of trial; (2) A breach of the peace,
boisterous conduct, violent disturbance or any other act calculated to disturb or obstruct
the administration of justice, committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as
to have that effect; (3) The misbehavior of any officer of the court in his official transactions
or the disobedience or resistance of any officer of the court, party, juror, witness or any
other person to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command thereof; (4) Deceit
or the abuse of the process of the proceedings of the court by...
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12-16-145
Section 12-16-145 Alternate juror selection and qualification plan; master list; random selection;
disqualification. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 12, Chapter 16, the presiding circuit
judge, with the consent of the circuit judges of the court, may elect to utilize the following
alternate juror selection and qualification plan after notice to the Administrative Director
of Courts, which eliminates the master jury box and the interposition of the jury commission
in the qualifying process, and embraces and combines the qualification and summoning process,
as follows: The jury commission shall meet and cause to be compiled and maintained a master
list of persons in the county, together with their residence addresses, who may be called
for jury service. The list shall be compiled and maintained, avoiding duplication as far as
possible, from one or more of the sources named in Section 12-16-57 to include persons whose
listings will foster the policy and protect the rights provided...
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15-6-3
Section 15-6-3 Offense committed or threatened in presence of judge. Any person who, in the
presence of a judge, commits or threatens to commit an offense against the person or property
of another or contends with another with angry words may be ordered, without process, to enter
into an undertaking to keep the peace for a term not exceeding 12 months and, in event of
refusal, may be committed as in other cases. (Code 1852, §424; Code 1867, §3973; Code 1876,
§4043; Code 1886, §4697; Code 1896, §5178; Code 1907, §7537; Code 1923, §5155; Code 1940,
T. 15, §418.)...
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43-8-192
Section 43-8-192 Drawing and summoning of jurors; penalty for default. (a) The jury for the
trial of such contest must be drawn and summoned as provided by law. (b) Any person summoned
as a juror who shall, without legal cause or good excuse, fail to attend at the time and place
required, shall be guilty of a contempt of court and may be punished by the court by a fine
of not exceeding $100.00. (Code 1852, §§1637-1639; Code 1867, §§1956-1958; Code 1876,
§§2320-2322; Code 1886, §§1991, 1992; Code 1896, §§4289, 4290; Code 1907, §§6198,
6199; Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §§10627, 10628; Code 1940, T. 61, §§54, 55;
Code 1975, §43-1-72.)...
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12-16-212
Section 12-16-212 Examination of witnesses before grand jury in gaming and lottery cases. Witnesses
before the grand jury, summoned to give evidence of any violation of the laws against gaming
or lotteries, may be required to answer generally as to any such offense, within their knowledge,
committed within the 12 months next preceding, without being first specially interrogated
as to any particular offense; but no witness must be prosecuted for any offense as to which
he testified before the grand jury, and any member of the grand jury may be a witness to prove
that fact. (Code 1852, §86; Code 1867, §3628; Code 1876, §4216; Code 1886, §4065; Code
1896, §4805; Code 1907, §6994; Code 1923, §4244; Code 1940, T. 14, §272; Code 1975, §13-7-29.)...
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12-16-73
Section 12-16-73 Execution and return of order to summon jurors by sheriff. (a) Every order
to summon jurors, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be executed by the sheriff
by either of the following methods at the election of the sheriff: (1) By giving personal
notice to every such person or by leaving a written notice at the place of residence of the
summoned juror with some family member of the juror or with some person residing at the same
residence, at least two days before the day appointed for the service of the juror in court;
or (2) By placing a written notice to a person named in the order to summon jurors in the
United States mail, first class, postage prepaid and addressed to the residence of the person
summoned. The envelope in which such notice is mailed shall indicate the return address of
the sheriff and shall bear a proper notice that if it cannot be delivered at the indicated
address it shall be returned to the sheriff. Such notice must be deposited in...
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