Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-4-53

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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

The Comptroller must not give any public defaulter any warrant for moneys due him from the state, except the balance which is due after the application of the amount due from the state to the extinguishment of the debt, interest and damages, if any are given by law, due from such defaulter.