Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-21-109

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

All receipts, releases and discharges in writing, whether of a debt of record, a contract under seal or otherwise, and all judgments entered pursuant to pro tanto settlements, must have effect according to their terms and the intentions of the parties thereto.