Ala. Code § 15-8-22

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 8, 2024.

Section 15-8-22 - General terms used for special statutory terms

When a statute creating or defining an offense uses special or particular terms, an indictment on it may use the general term which, in common language, embraces the special term.

Ala. Code § 15-8-22 (1975)

Code 1852, §571; Code 1867, §4121; Code 1876, §4794; Code 1886, §4372; Code 1896, §4900; Code 1907, §7138; Code 1923, §4533; Code 1940, T. 15, §236.