Alabama Code 12-13-17. Liability of sheriff, deputies, etc., for failure to make money on or return execution issued by probate court, etc
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-13-17
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Probate: Proving a will
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
For a failure to make money on or for failing to return any execution issued from or returnable to the probate court or for not paying over money collected on such execution, the sheriff, coroner or other officer and his sureties are liable to the same penalties and judgments as in like cases in the circuit court, the proceedings to be instituted and conducted in the probate court in the same manner as in the circuit court, either party having the right, on request, to a trial of all questions of fact by a jury, and an appeal from the judgment entered may be taken to the circuit or Supreme Court.