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15-21-31
Section 15-21-31 Penalty for transferring custody, etc., so as to elude service or effect of
writ. Any person who has in his custody or under his control a person who is entitled to a
writ of habeas corpus and, either before or after the issue of such writ with intent to elude
the service or effect thereof, transfers such person to the custody of another, places him
under the control of another, conceals him or changes his place of confinement forfeits to
the party aggrieved the sum of $500.00 and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail
not more than 12 months. (Code 1852, §742; Code 1867, §4293; Code 1876, §4969; Code 1886,
§4792; Code 1896, §4845; Code 1907, §7040; Code 1923, §4339; Code 1940, T. 15, §35.)...

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15-21-17
Section 15-21-17 When return to be made; form and contents of return. (a) After due service
thereof, the person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed must make his return on the
day therein specified if practicable; and, if no day is specified therein and the place to
which the return is to be made is not more than 30 miles from the place where the party is
imprisoned or detained, the return must be made within two days after service, but if more
than 30 and less than 100 miles, within five days, and if over 100 miles, within eight days
after service. (b) The return must be signed by the person making it and be verified by his
oath, unless he is a sworn public officer and makes the return in his official capacity, and
it must state, plainly and unequivocally whether or not he has the party in his custody or
power or under his restraint and, if so, by what authority and the cause thereof, setting
out the same fully, together with a copy of the writ, warrant or other written...
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6-6-45
Section 6-6-45 Execution of bond by plaintiff; discharge of levy. Such officer must, when the
attachment is sued out otherwise than upon the ground that the defendant is a nonresident,
further require the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney to execute a bond in double the amount
claimed, with sufficient surety, payable to the defendant, with the condition that the plaintiff
will prosecute the attachment to effect and pay the defendant all such damages as he may sustain
by the wrongful or vexatious suing out of such attachment. When the attachment is sued out
upon the ground that the defendant is a nonresident, such officer shall issue the writ with
or without a bond being given, as the plaintiff may elect. If such attachment is issued without
bond, that fact must be endorsed on the writ. Should the defendant before the return day thereof,
in person or through his agent or attorney, make an unqualified appearance in the case, it
is the duty of the clerk to issue notice to the plaintiff or...
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2-2-31
Section 2-2-31 Seizure and condemnation of adulterated, misbranded or substandard article.
Any article, substance, material or product which is subject to the provisions of this article
which is adulterated, misbranded or under the standard, grade, weight or measure claimed,
within the meaning of any provision of law or rules and regulations under authority of law,
and which is manufactured for sale, held in possession with intent to sell, offered or exposed
for sale or sold or delivered within this state shall be liable to be proceeded against in
the circuit court of the county where the same is found and seized for confiscation by writ
of attachment for condemnation. Such writ shall issue upon the sworn complaint of the commissioner
or his duly authorized agent, taken by an officer authorized to administer an oath, to the
effect that such article or product is adulterated or misbranded or is under the standard,
grade, weight or measure claimed, as the case may be, within the meaning...
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11-97-10
such corporation; provided, that any corporation may enter into contracts with the holders
of any of its bonds preventing such corporation from thereafter issuing general obligation
bonds or limiting the amount of such bonds that may thereafter be issued. To the extent permitted
by any contracts with the holders of outstanding bonds and any other contractual obligations
or requirements, any corporation may pledge any of its revenues or mortgage or assign any
of its assets, whether real or personal and whether tangible or intangible, to secure
the payment of any of its bonds. (b) As security for payment of the principal of and the interest
and premium, if any, on any bonds issued or assumed by it, any corporation may enter into
a contract or contracts, and adopt resolutions or other proceedings containing provisions
constituting a part of the contract or contracts with the holders of such bonds, pertaining
to, among other things, the following matters: (1) Pledging all or any part of...
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15-8-150
and intentionally to cut out or disable his tongue, or to put out or destroy his eye, etc.
(14) ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER. A. B., unlawfully and with malice aforethought, did assault
C. D., with the intent to murder him. (15) ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO RAVISH. A. B. did assault
C. D., a woman, with the intent forcibly to ravish her. (16) ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB. A.
B. assaulted C. D. with the felonious intent, by violence to his person or by putting him
in fear of some serious and immediate injury to his person, to rob him. (17) BETTING
AT CARDS, DICE, ETC. A. B. bet at a game played with cards or dice, or some device or substitute
for cards or dice, at a tavern, inn, storehouse for retailing spirituous liquors, or house
or place where spirituous liquors were at the time sold, retailed or given away, or in a public
house, highway or some other public place or at an outhouse where people resorted (or other
place forbidden by law), against, etc. (18) BETTING AT GAMING TABLE, ETC. A....
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41-21-5
severance of connection with offices, etc.; effect of failure to dispose of code in manner
prescribed by section. Except those sets of codes distributed to members of the Legislature
and the Lieutenant Governor, the title to all of the sets of the annotated code, the distribution
of which to officers and offices of the state and the several counties and municipalities
thereof is provided for in this chapter, shall forever remain in the State of Alabama and
said sets shall never become the personal property of any person or corporation, however
long they shall have had possession thereof. Officers, employees and agents of the state and
of the several counties thereof to whom a set of said annotated code is transmitted by the
Secretary of State under the provisions of this chapter, upon the severance of their connection
with their offices, employments or agencies, shall deliver over to their successors, if any,
and, if there are no successors, to the Secretary of State, sets of the...
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6-6-332
Section 6-6-332 Process - Form of notice; service and return thereof. (a) Upon complaint being
made, the district judge shall issue a notice to the party against whom the complaint is made
to the following effect: The State of Alabama, ___ County. To ___ You are hereby commanded
to be and appear before me, at _____ on the _____ day of _____, 2__, to answer to, and make
defense against a complaint exhibited to me against you by _____, for a forcible entry and
detainer (or for unlawful detainer, as the case may be). Witness my hand this _____ day of
______, 2__. ___ District Court Judge (b) The notice shall be served on the defendant at least
six days before the return day of the process and may be served on the defendant anywhere
within the state. The return of the service thereof by any sheriff or constable of the state
is sufficient, or proof of the fact may be made before the judge. A copy of the notice shall
be personally served upon the...
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12-1-8
Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for
contempt. The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict
summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases than: (1) Disrespectful,
contemptuous or insolent behavior in court, tending in any way to diminish or impair the respect
due to judicial tribunals or to interrupt the due course of trial; (2) A breach of the peace,
boisterous conduct, violent disturbance or any other act calculated to disturb or obstruct
the administration of justice, committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as
to have that effect; (3) The misbehavior of any officer of the court in his official transactions
or the disobedience or resistance of any officer of the court, party, juror, witness or any
other person to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command thereof; (4) Deceit
or the abuse of the process of the proceedings of the court by...
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15-21-4
Section 15-21-4 Application to be made by petition; contents of petition. Application for a
writ of habeas corpus must be made by petition, signed either by the party himself for whose
benefit it is intended or by some other person on his behalf, must be verified by the oath
of the applicant to the effect that the statements therein contained are true to the best
of his knowledge, information and belief and must state, in substance, the name of the person
on whose behalf the application is made, that he is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty
in the county, the place of such imprisonment, if known, the name of the officer or person
by whom he is so imprisoned and the cause or pretense of such imprisonment; and, if the imprisonment
is by virtue of any warrant, writ or other process, a copy thereof must be annexed to the
petition or the petition must allege that a copy thereof has been demanded and refused or
must show some sufficient excuse for the failure to demand a copy. (Code...
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