Alabama Code 8-3-15. Court in which complaints filed
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 8-3-15
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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.
- 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
In cases not otherwise provided for in this chapter, complaints must be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the parties, or any of them, against whom the complaint is filed reside or, if they are nonresidents or have no fixed residence in the state, in the circuit court of any county in the state or in a district court where such court has acquired jurisdiction of the original debt.