Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-22-40

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

The order of the judge, register or clerk fixing the amount of a supersedeas bond, pursuant to the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, must be filed and entered by the clerk or register on the minutes of the court, but the failure to make such order or, if made, to file or record the same shall not impair the validity or obligation of any bond which is given as a security by which an appeal and a stay of execution are in fact obtained.