23-2-142
Section 23-2-142 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The Alabama Toll Road, Bridge, and Tunnel Authority created by this article, or any board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers given by this article to the authority shall be given by law. (2) BONDS or TOLL ROAD, BRIDGE, OR TUNNEL REVENUE BONDS. Bonds of the authority authorized under this article. (3) CONCESSIONAIRE. A person, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity described in Section 23-2-144(a)(12) which has been awarded a contract to construct or operate, or both, a toll road or bridge by the department or the authority. (4) COST. As applied to a toll road, bridge, or tunnel project, the cost shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. The cost of construction, including bridges...
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38-9-2
Section 38-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ABUSE. The infliction of physical pain, injury, or the willful deprivation by a caregiver or other person of services necessary to maintain mental and physical health. (2) ADULT IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. A person 18 years of age or older whose behavior indicates that he or she is mentally incapable of adequately caring for himself or herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others, or who, because of physical or mental impairment, is unable to protect himself or herself from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse by others, and who has no guardian, relative, or other appropriate person able, willing, and available to assume the kind and degree of protection and supervision required under the circumstances. (3) CAREGIVER. An individual who has the responsibility for the care of a protected...
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45-46-90.01
Section 45-46-90.01 Definitions. (a) Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall be given the following respective interpretations: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of Marengo County, or with the governing body of any municipality in such county in accordance with Section 45-46-90.02. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (3) AUTHORIZING COUNTY. Marengo County, Alabama, provided the governing body thereof shall have adopted an authorizing resolution. (4) AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITY. Any municipality in the county, the governing body of which shall have adopted an authorizing resolution. (5) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. The resolution that authorizes the incorporation of an authority, adopted by the governing body of the county or the governing body of any municipality in the...
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6-6-26.01
Section 6-6-26.01 Definitions. In this division: (1) "Collaborative law communication" means a statement, whether oral or in a record, or verbal or nonverbal, that: (A) is made to conduct, participate in, continue, or reconvene a collaborative law process; and (B) occurs after the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement and before the collaborative law process is concluded. (2) "Collaborative law participation agreement" means an agreement by persons to participate in a collaborative law process. (3) "Collaborative law process" means a procedure intended to resolve a collaborative matter without intervention by a tribunal in which persons: (A) sign a collaborative law participation agreement; and (B) are represented by collaborative lawyers. (4) "Collaborative lawyer" means a lawyer who represents a party in a collaborative law process. (5) "Collaborative matter" means a dispute, transaction, claim, problem, or issue for resolution, including a dispute, claim, or issue...
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13A-1-2
Section 13A-1-2 Definitions. Unless different meanings are expressly specified in subsequent provisions of this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOOBY TRAP. Any concealed or camouflaged device designed to cause bodily injury when triggered by any action of a person making contact with the device. This term includes guns, ammunition, or explosive devices attached to trip wires or other triggering mechanisms, sharpened stakes, nails, spikes, electrical devices, lines or wires with hooks attached, and devices for the production of toxic fumes or gases. (2) BURDEN OF INJECTING THE ISSUE. The term means that the defendant must offer some competent evidence relating to all matters subject to the burden, except that the defendant may rely upon evidence presented by the prosecution in meeting the burden. (3) CLANDESTINE LABORATORY OPERATION. Any of the following: a. Purchase or procurement of chemicals, supplies, equipment, or laboratory location for the...
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22-27-90
Section 22-27-90 Definitions. When used herein the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. Any food service establishment, retail food store, limited food service establishment, limited retail food store, food processing establishment, or other place of business where food is prepared or sold or offered for sale, or any establishment that slaughters, fabricates, bones or processes animals, poultry, or fish, whether or not required by law to be licensed or permitted by an agency of the State of Alabama. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management as established by Section 22-22A-4. (3) DISPOSE. To discard or carry away, whether personally or by and through a contractor, and whether for the purposes of recycling, reuse, or reprocessing or for ultimate elimination. (4) INEDIBLE ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT. Any bone, fat, offal, carcass, blood, skin, hide, tallow, lard, feather, horn, hoof, or any other solid by-product derived from any...
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34-11-11.2
Section 34-11-11.2 Complaints; investigation; hearing; sanctions. (a) Any person or entity, including the board or its staff, may file a complaint alleging a violation of this chapter against any individual licensee, certified intern, or firm holding a certificate of authorization or against an unlicensed individual or firm. The complaint shall be in writing, shall be signed by the complainant, shall state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based, and shall be filed with the executive director of the board. (b) The board may designate one or more individuals to investigate and report to it on any matter related to its lawful duties and may employ legal counsel as the board may deem necessary or desirable. An investigation may be made upon receipt of a complaint. The board may resolve violations by agreement between the board and the respondent with or without the filing of formal charges. (c) All complaints shall be reviewed by an investigative committee designated by the...
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40-12-410
Section 40-12-410 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND PARTS RECYCLER. A person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing and dismantling, disassembling or repairing, wrecked, abandoned, or repairable motor vehicles, and selling the usable parts thereof, or selling such wrecked, abandoned, or repairable motor vehicles as a unit at wholesale, or selling the hulk of the vehicle after the salvageable parts have been removed. For the purposes of this article, a person, firm, or corporation shall be presumed to be engaging in the business of an automotive dismantler and parts recycler if such person, firm, or corporation shall possess 10 or more inoperable motor vehicles for more than 30 days, except where such inoperable motor vehicles are being held by a licensed junk dealer or scrap processor for the purpose of recycling scrap metal or are...
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8-19-5
Section 8-19-5 Unlawful trade practices. The following deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared to be unlawful: (1) Passing off goods or services as those of another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of goods or services. (2) Causing confusion or misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services. (3) Causing confusion or misunderstanding as to the affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification by another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of goods or services. (4) Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services. (5) Representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or qualities that they do not have or that a person has sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that he or she does...
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9-7-10
Section 9-7-10 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used in this chapter shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COASTAL AREA. The coastal waters, including the lands therein and thereunder, and the adjacent shorelands, including the waters therein and thereunder, strongly influenced by each and in proximity to the shorelines of Alabama and including transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes, wetlands, and beaches. The area extends seaward to the outer limit of the United States territorial sea and extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent necessary to control shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significant impact on the coastal waters. (2) COASTAL WATERS. Those waters, adjacent to the shoreline, which contain a measurable quantity or percentage of sea water, including but not limited to, sounds, bays, lagoons, bayous, ponds and estuaries. (3) ESTUARY. That part of a river or stream or other...
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