Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 34 > Chapter 15A

• action: Condemnation action. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• business: A lawful activity, whether or not for profit, other than a farm operation, conducted primarily for the purchase, sale, lease, rental, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or other property, or for providing services. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• CONDEMNATION ACTION: Includes all acts incident to the process of condemning property after commencement of suit until the entry of final judgment. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• condemnor: A person empowered to condemn. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• FARM OPERATION: Any activity conducted primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing those products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• improvement: Includes any building or structure and any facility, machinery, or equipment that cannot be removed from the real property on which it is situated without substantial damage to the real property or improvement. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• lien: A security interest in property arising from contract, mortgage, deed or trust, statute, common law, equity, or creditor action. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• person: Includes a natural individual, partnership, corporation, association, other legal or fiduciary entity, and a public entity. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• property: An interest in real or personal property under the law of this state. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3
• REAL PROPERTY: Land and any improvements upon or connected with land; and includes an easement, servitude, or other interest therein. See Alabama Code 18-1A-3