Alabama Code 6-6-51. Against foreign corporations
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-51
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- 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
Process of attachment may issue against foreign corporations having property in this state for the recovery of debts or to recover damages for a breach of contract when the damages are not certain or liquidated or, in cases where the action sounds in damages merely, in the same manner and subject to the same rules as in the case of natural persons residing without the state.