Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 12 > Chapter 16 > Article 2A - Qualifications and Selection of Jurors Generally

• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• juries: include courts or judges in all cases when a jury trial is waived, or when the court or judge is authorized to ascertain and determine the facts as well as the law. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• oath: includes affirmation. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.