Ala. Code § 1-1-1
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Section 1-1-1 Meaning of Certain Words and Terms
Official statutory text
The following words, whenever they appear in this code, have the following meanings unless otherwise apparent from the context or otherwise explicitly defined:
(1) BOY. A human male who has not yet reached adulthood.
(2) FATHER. The male parent of a child or children.
(3) FEMALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces ova.
(4) GIRL. A human female who has not yet reached adulthood.
(5) JURY or JURIES. Includes courts or judges in all cases when a jury trial is waived, or when the court or judge is authorized to ascertain and determine the facts as well as the law.
(6) MALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm.
(7) MAN. An adult human of the male sex.
(8) MONTH. A calendar month.
(9) MOTHER. The female parent of a child or children.
(10) PERSON. Includes an individual, corporation, partnership, company, or other business entity.
(11) PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds, and conveyances.
(12) PROPERTY. Includes both real and personal property.
(13) REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
(14) SEX. When the term is used to classify or describe a natural person, the state of being male or female as observed or clinically verified at birth.
(15) SIGNATURE. Includes a mark when an individual cannot write, if his or her name is written near the mark and witnessed by an individual who writes his or her own name as a witness.
(16) STATE. When applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States.
(17) UNITED STATES. Includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia.
(18) WOMAN. An adult human of the female sex.
(19) YEAR. A calendar year, except whenever the word “year” is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, the term shall mean a fiscal year.
(1) BOY. A human male who has not yet reached adulthood.
(2) FATHER. The male parent of a child or children.
(3) FEMALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces ova.
(4) GIRL. A human female who has not yet reached adulthood.
(5) JURY or JURIES. Includes courts or judges in all cases when a jury trial is waived, or when the court or judge is authorized to ascertain and determine the facts as well as the law.
(6) MALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm.
(7) MAN. An adult human of the male sex.
(8) MONTH. A calendar month.
(9) MOTHER. The female parent of a child or children.
(10) PERSON. Includes an individual, corporation, partnership, company, or other business entity.
(11) PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds, and conveyances.
(12) PROPERTY. Includes both real and personal property.
(13) REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
(14) SEX. When the term is used to classify or describe a natural person, the state of being male or female as observed or clinically verified at birth.
(15) SIGNATURE. Includes a mark when an individual cannot write, if his or her name is written near the mark and witnessed by an individual who writes his or her own name as a witness.
(16) STATE. When applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States.
(17) UNITED STATES. Includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia.
(18) WOMAN. An adult human of the female sex.
(19) YEAR. A calendar year, except whenever the word “year” is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, the term shall mean a fiscal year.
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