Ala. Code § 45-59-80: Orders and Decrees.

(a) In St. Clair County, all orders and decrees shall be made and entered by circuit judges sitting in and for the county on a sheet or sheets, commonly called trial sheets. There shall be a trial sheet or sheets for each case docketed in the court properly identified by the style of the case and a case number.

(b) After all orders and decrees have been made and entered, in any case, by the circuit judge or judges sitting in and for the county, the clerk of the circuit court of the county shall file the sheets in numerical order in well bound books labeled minute books and the judgments or decrees shall have the same force and effect as minutes of the circuit courts of the county prior to May 30, 1984.