Alabama courts

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state court system

Alabama courts are the state judicial bodies responsible for interpreting and applying Alabama law in civil, criminal, and administrative cases.

Aliases (3)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state court system →
administeredBy	Administrative Office of Courts of Alabama →
appliesJurisdiction	State of Alabama →
branchOfGovernment	Judicial branch of Alabama →
country	United States →
employs	Alabama state judges → court clerks in Alabama →
enforces	Alabama criminal law →
fundedBy	State of Alabama →
governedBy	Alabama Constitution Article VI →
handlesCaseType	administrative cases → civil cases → criminal cases →
hasAuthorityOver	Alabama state law matters →
hasCourtLevel	appellate courts → trial courts →
hasIntermediateAppellateCourt	Alabama Court of Civil Appeals → Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://judicial.alabama.gov →
hasTopCourt	Supreme Court of Alabama →
hasTrialCourt	Alabama Circuit Courts → Alabama District Courts → Alabama Municipal Courts → Alabama Probate Courts →
hearsAppealsFrom	Alabama Circuit Courts → Alabama District Courts → Alabama Municipal Courts → Alabama Probate Courts →
interprets	Alabama Constitution → Alabama administrative law → Alabama statutory law →
languageOfProceedings	English →
limitedBy	United States Constitution → federal law supremacy →
locationJurisdiction	Alabama →
overseenBy	Alabama Supreme Court →
protects	rights under Alabama Constitution → rights under applicable federal law →
provides	judicial review of state administrative actions →
resolves	disputes under Alabama law →
reviews	decisions of lower Alabama courts →
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
usesEvidenceRules	Alabama Rules of Evidence →
usesProcedureRules	Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure → Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure → Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alabama courts ("Alabama Circuit Courts") → Alabama courts ("Alabama District Courts") → Alabama courts ("Alabama Probate Courts") →	hasTrialCourt
Code of Alabama →	usedBy