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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-144

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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

No judgment can be entered against an executor or administrator upon his answer in attachment, or garnishment, until six months after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration.