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Terms Used In Alabama Code 8-1-23

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

An obligation is extinguished by a release therefrom given to the debtor by the creditor upon a new consideration or in writing with or without new consideration.