Alabama Code 18-2-19. Appeal from assessment of damages to circuit court
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 18-2-19
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
From any assessment of damages made or had under this chapter, the landowner, if dissatisfied, is entitled to an appeal, as matter of right, to the circuit court of the county, and on such an appeal to a trial de novo by jury, such appeal to be taken within 20 days after the application is granted, on giving security for the costs of the appeal, to be approved by the judge of probate. Upon the giving of such security, the judge of probate must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court a full and complete transcript of all the proceedings, including the inquest of the jury, within 10 days after such appeal is taken.