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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-9-161

  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

When property is restored to the defendant on the execution of a forthcoming bond and the same dies or is destroyed before the day for the delivery thereof without fault on his part, the obligors in the bond may tender the value thereof to the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, and if such tender is refused, the obligors in such bond may, on petition to the judge of the circuit court, supersede the same.