Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 45 > Chapter 48 > Article 8 > Part 3 - District Attorney

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• 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
• year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1