Alabama Code 9-12-7. Proceedings as to violations of chapter – Bonds for stay of sale of condemned boats, etc., pending appeal
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-12-7
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- 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
The sale of the boat or vessel is not stayed by an appeal unless the appellant enters into a bond in a penalty of twice the value of the boat or vessel, her tackle, etc., the value to be determined by the judge of the district court, with sufficient surety, payable to the State of Alabama, with condition to prosecute the appeal to effect. The bond must be returned, with the other papers in the case, to the circuit court; and, if the judgment of the district court is affirmed, judgment shall be rendered against all the obligors therein for the amount of the fines not paid and for the value of the boat, her tackle, etc., to be ascertained by proof, as well as the costs of the circuit court.