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Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-4-42

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

On the failure to answer such subpoenas when so served, such witness shall forfeit the sum of $50.00, for which the said commission may, in its own name, bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction.