Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 12-2-8 (2026)
Regular Terms of Court.
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Regular terms of the Supreme Court shall commence on the first Monday of October in each year and continue until and including the last day of June of the ensuing year, but the court may, in its discretion, adjourn from time to time.
(Code 1852, §570; Code 1867, §666; Code 1876, §573; Code 1886, §677; Code 1896, §3828; Code 1907, §5957; Acts 1915, No. 718, p. 816; Code 1923, §10279; Code 1940, T. 13, §20.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2002 · leading case: Ex Parte James, 836 So. 2d 813 (Ala. 2002).
Ex Parte James, 836 So. 2d 813 (Ala. 2002). “The Legislature has provided that the Supreme Court's regular term commences on the first Monday in October and ends on the last day of June of the ensuing year. Ala.Code 1975, § 12-2-8. This would assure the Supreme Court a three-month recess, as is taken by the United States…”
Alabama Coalition for Equity, Inc. v. James, 836 So. 2d 813 (Ala. 2002). “Code 1975, § 12-2-8. This would assure the Supreme Court a three-month recess, as is taken by the United States Supreme Court.”
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