6-12-4
Section 6-12-4 Limitation on bond requirements in litigation involving master settlement agreement
signatories, successors, and affiliates. (a) In civil litigation under any legal theory involving
a signatory, a successor of a signatory, or an affiliate of a signatory to the tobacco Master
Settlement Agreement, as defined in Section 6-12-2, the supersedeas bond to be furnished to
stay the execution of the judgment during the entire course of appellate review shall be set
in accordance with applicable laws or court rules, except that the total supersedeas bond
that is required of all appellants collectively shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five million
dollars ($125,000,000), regardless of the amount of the judgment. (b) Notwithstanding subsection
(a), if an appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an appellant is dissipating
assets outside the ordinary course of business to avoid payment of a judgment, a court may
require the appellant to post a supersedeas bond in an...
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6-6-294
Section 6-6-294 Retention of possession for one year by defendant if crop planted or growing
upon filing bond; force and effect of bond. (a) If the defendant has a crop planted or growing
on the premises and the court or jury finds for the plaintiff, they must also ascertain the
rental value of the premises during the current year, and no writ of possession can be issued
until the expiration of the year if the defendant executes a bond in double the amount of
such rent payable to the plaintiff, with surety approved by the clerk, conditioned to pay
the rent so assessed at the expiration of the year. (b) The bond must be filed in the office
of the clerk and, if the rent is not paid at the expiration of the year, has the force and
effect of a judgment; and thereon, execution for the amount of the rent must issue against
all the obligors or such of them as may be living. (Code 1852, §§2199, 2200; Code 1867,
§§2600, 2601; Code 1876, §§2949, 2950; Code 1886, §§2712, 2713; Code 1896,...
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15-21-2
Section 15-21-2 Persons entitled to prosecute writ - Persons confined for failure to enter
into undertaking to keep the peace. Any person confined in jail for failing to enter into
an undertaking to keep the peace may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus as provided in this
chapter; but such writ can be heard only by a judge of the circuit court, who may discharge
the applicant, remand him to jail or reduce the amount of the undertaking as may seem right.
If the amount of the undertaking is reduced, the sheriff must discharge the applicant upon
the entering into the undertaking in the sum fixed by such judge. (Code 1896, §4813; Code
1907, §7008; Code 1923, §4306; Code 1940, T. 15, §2.)...
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17-16-76
Section 17-16-76 Execution for costs. After the determination of the contest, the Clerk of
the House of Representatives must tax the costs accrued and certify the amount of each separate
item, the name of the person entitled thereto, and the result of such contest and the names
of the sureties on the bond for contest, to the clerk of the circuit court of Montgomery County,
and the clerk must thereupon issue execution against the unsuccessful party, which execution
must be made returnable in 30 days after its issue; and alias and pluries executions may be
issued as often as may be necessary. And if it be certified that the determination of the
contest was against the contestant, the execution must issue against the sureties on the bond
for the contest as well as against the contestant. (Code 1896, §1685; Code 1907, §491; Code
1923, §581; Code 1940, T. 17, §267; §17-15-63; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570,
p. 1331, §83.)...
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25-5-56
Section 25-5-56 Settlements between parties. The interested parties may settle all matters
of benefits, whether involving compensation, medical payments, or rehabilitation, and all
questions arising under this article and Article 4 of this chapter between themselves, and
every settlement shall be in an amount the same as the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article. No settlement for an amount less than the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article shall be valid for any purpose, unless a judge of the court where the claim for compensation
under this chapter is entitled to be made, or upon the written consent of the parties, a judge
of the court determines that it is for the best interest of the employee or the employee's
dependent to accept a lesser sum and approves the settlement. The court shall not approve
any settlement unless and until it has first made inquiry into the bona fides of a claimant's
claim and the liability of the defendant; and if deemed advisable, the...
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26-2A-131
Section 26-2A-131 Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of business affairs of protected persons.
Subject to Section 26-2A-31, after the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the appointment
of a conservator or other protective order and until termination of the proceeding, the court
in which the petition is filed has: (1) Exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for a
conservator or other protective order until the proceedings are terminated; and (2) Exclusive
jurisdiction to determine how the estate of the protected person which is subject to the laws
of this state must be managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected
person, the protected person's dependents, or other claimants. (Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p.
975, §2-302; Act 2010-500, p. 782, §2.)...
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26-8-22
Section 26-8-22 Hearing; entry of order authorizing removal or dismissal of application and
taxing of costs against applicant. If, on the hearing, the court is satisfied that the removal
will advance the interests of the minor or ward, an order authorizing it shall be made and
entered; otherwise, the application shall be dismissed and the guardian or conservator or
the next friend, as the application may be made by the one or the other, must be taxed with
the costs. (Code 1852, §2031; Code 1867, §2441; Code 1876, §2796; Code 1886, §2485; Code
1896, §2370; Code 1907, §4460; Code 1923, §8233; Code 1940, T. 21, §105; Acts 1987, No.
87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)...
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40-5-38
Section 40-5-38 Death of collector. On the death of any tax collector, his personal representative,
general or special, must, out of the first moneys that come into his hands belonging to the
estate of his decedent and as soon as the same come into his hands, pay to the proper state,
county, and school officers the amount of public funds collected by such decedent not paid
over by him at the time of his death and must make settlement with such officers of any unsettled
accounts of such decedent with the state, county, and school officers touching the affairs
of his office, as soon as practicable and not later than the time when the tax collectors
are required to make settlements. (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §227.)...

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43-2-393
Section 43-2-393 When executor or administrator may give note, etc., to extend or settle debt.
Any executor or administrator, by authority of the probate court given on his written application,
may, in his representative capacity, give his note, bond or bill for the purpose of extending
or settling a debt of the decedent, or settling a debt contracted by such representative for
articles, or for work and labor for the estate; and for such note, bond or bill the estate
is liable, and the executor or administrator is not personally liable. But the heirs, devisees,
distributees or legatees must have 10 days' notice of such application. (Code 1867, §2066;
Code 1876, §2432; Code 1886, §2091; Code 1896, §141; Code 1907, §2605; Code 1923, §5830;
Code 1940, T. 61, §226.)...
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43-2-644
Section 43-2-644 When distribution made; limit on amount. On the day appointed, or on any other
day to which the application may be continued, if the court is satisfied from the evidence
that the assets are more than sufficient to pay the debts and charges, it may make an order
of distribution for such portion of the distributive share of the applicant as may be authorized
by the evidence; but, in making such order, the court must not exceed the share to which the
applicant would be entitled on a final settlement and distribution. (Code 1852, §§1781,
1782; Code 1867, §§2108, 2109; Code 1876, §§2485, 2486; Code 1886, §2202; Code 1896,
§270; Code 1907, §2728; Code 1923, §5967; Code 1940, T. 61, §369.)...
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