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Terms Used In Alabama Code 18-1A-287

  • 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.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Upon the payment of the damages so assessed to the owner or other party interested therein and the payment of costs of suit into circuit court, or upon the payment of the damages and costs of suit into circuit court, the circuit court shall make an order of condemnation in accordance with the application upon the trial in the circuit court to which the appeal is taken.