Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-4-3

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

The provisions of this chapter and the terms “auctioneer,” “apprentice auctioneer,” “auction business or business of auctioneering,” as defined in Section 34-4-2, shall not apply to and shall not include any person acting as a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, guardian, administrator, or executor or any such person acting under order of any court, nor shall they include a trustee acting under a trust agreement, deed of trust or will, nor shall they include sales at auction conducted by or under the direction of any public authority or pursuant to any judicial order or decree.