Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 21 > Article 8 > Part 2 - Court Costs

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• 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
• 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.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• 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