Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-6-7

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • 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
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

The judge of probate must, within three months after the receipt thereof, pay to the treasurer all moneys he may receive under the provisions of this chapter, and, failing so to do, he is liable as a defaulter and also forfeits $300.00, one half to the state, and the other half to any one suing for the same; and, on the trial, the certificate of the treasurer is presumptive evidence of his failure to make such payment.