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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-9-98

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The sheriff or other officer receiving an execution must endorse thereon the day, month, and year of its receipt, and when more than one execution against the same defendant comes to his hands on the same day, if not received at the same time, he must endorse thereon the order in which they are received.