Alabama Code 12-18-12. Applicability of provisions of article to future additional state judicial offices
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-18-12
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- 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
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Should there hereafter be created a different or additional state judicial office, for which officeholders receive compensation from the State Treasury, then the provisions of this article shall be applicable to such state judicial officeholders; provided, however, that if the different or additional office is an appellate position, then the provisions applicable to a judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals or Court of Civil Appeals shall be applicable to such different or additional judicial office; and, if the different or additional judicial office is a trial position, then the provisions of this article applicable to a circuit judge shall be applicable to the different or additional judicial position.