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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-10-124

  • 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.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

When such action is commenced by attachment or, in aid thereof, an ancillary attachment is sued out, the officer issuing the writ of the plaintiff, in person or by his agent or attorney, producing before him the written evidence of the waiver or making and filing with him an affidavit that the exemption has been waived, must endorse on the writ the fact of such waiver and the extent thereof.