Alabama Code 6-6-71. Proceedings with garnishees
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-71
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
When attachment is executed by summoning a person indebted to the defendant, such person is called the garnishee, and the summons must be to answer as garnishees are required to answer; and, upon return of an attachment so executed, proceedings may be had as in other cases of garnishment.