Terms Used In Alabama Code 42-2-8

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The commissioners must, within 10 days from their appointment, report in writing to the court the amount of damages and compensation ascertained and assessed by them, and thereupon the court must order the same to be recorded and must make an order of condemnation in pursuance thereof upon payment of the damages and compensation so assessed and reported or the deposit of the same in court.