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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-255

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will

It shall be the duty of the judge of probate, clerk or register receiving the money to pay over the same, less one half of one percent thereon, to the person entitled thereto, on demand; and for failure to do so, he incurs a penalty in favor of such person of 10 percent thereon, which, together with the money received and interest thereon, may be recovered by suit on his bond.