Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 20 > Chapter 2A > Article 5 - Taxation

• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• 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.
• shall: is a lways mandatory and not merely directory:
  (1) CHILD. See Alabama Code 38-7-2
• Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. ^{Source: OCC}