Section 25-4-14
State.
"State," as used in this chapter, includes, in addition to the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
(Acts 1939, No. 497, p. 721; Code 1940, T. 26, §188; Acts 1967, No. 167, p. 499, §1; Acts 1971, No. 88, p. 349, §1.)