Alabama Code 40-7-46. Appeals – Notice
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-7-46
- 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
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Any taxpayer desiring to appeal under Section 40-7-45 shall file with the officer, board, or commission, or some member thereof, a notice in writing that he appeals to the circuit court, together with a bond in the sum of $100, with at least one solvent surety, payable to the State of Alabama, conditioned to prosecute such appeal to effect and, upon failure so to do, to pay all costs and damages which may be adjudged against him by the circuit court on such appeal; the bond to be approved by the probate judge or circuit clerk of the county.