Alabama Code > Title 11 > Subtitle 2 > Chapter 53 – Minimum Housing Standards and Regulation of Unsafe Buildings


§ 11-53-1	Legislative declarations and findings of fact
§ 11-53-2	Enactment and enforcement of ordinances regulating use, repair, maintenance, etc., of buildings, etc., used for human habitation or occupancy, etc., authorized
§ 11-53-3	Power to enjoin or abate public nuisances not impaired by chapter
§ 11-53-4	Construction of chapter

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Dower: A widow
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.
following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
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
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.