Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-168

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

A claim interposed for the trial of the right of property is a release by the claimant in favor of the sheriff from all damages for seizing the property levied on.