Alabama Code 6-6-70. On what property and persons; endorsement on writ; taking of property into possession
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-70
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidence of debt, deeds and conveyances. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Attachments may be levied on real estate, whether a fee simple or any less legal estate, or on personal property of the defendant or may be executed by summoning any person indebted to the defendant or liable to him on a contract for the delivery of personal property or for the payment of money which may be discharged by the delivery of personal property or on a contract payable in personal property or a person having in his possession, or under his control, any money or effects belonging to the defendant; and the officer executing the writ must endorse such levy or service thereon and, if practicable, take the property into his possession, unless replevied as prescribed in Division 4 of this article.