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8-1-150
Section 8-1-150 Contracts founded upon gambling consideration void; recovery of money paid
or things of value delivered. (a) All contracts founded in whole or in part on a gambling
consideration are void. Any person who has paid any money or delivered any thing of value
lost upon any game or wager may recover such money, thing, or its value by an action commenced
within six months from the time of such payment or delivery. (b) Any other person may also
recover the amount of such money, thing, or its value by an action commenced within 12 months
after the payment or delivery thereof for the use of the wife or, if no wife, the children
or, if no children, the next of kin of the loser. (c) A judgment under either subsection (a)
or (b) for the amount of money paid, thing delivered, or its value is a good defense to any
action brought for such money, thing, or its value under the provisions of the other subsection.
(d) A judgment recovered under the provisions of this section is a defense...
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40-27-1
a tax measured in any way by the capital of a corporation considered in its entirety. 6. "Gross
receipts tax" means a tax, other than a sales tax, which is imposed on or measured by
the gross volume of business, in terms of gross receipts or in other terms, and in the determination
of which no deduction is allowed which would constitute the tax an income tax. 7. "Sales
tax" means a tax imposed with respect to the transfer for a consideration of ownership,
possession or custody of tangible personal property or the rendering of services measured
by the price of the tangible personal property transferred or services rendered and
which is required by state or local law to be separately stated from the sales price by the
seller, or which is customarily separately stated from the sales price, but does not include
a tax imposed exclusively on the sale of a specifically identified commodity or article or
class of commodities or articles. 8. "Use tax" means a nonrecurring tax, other than
a...
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26-1A-212
Section 26-1A-212 Claims and litigation. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language
in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to claims and litigation authorizes
the agent to: (1) assert and maintain before a court or administrative agency a claim, claim
for relief, cause of action, counterclaim, offset, recoupment, or defense, including an action
to recover property or other thing of value, recover damages sustained by the principal, eliminate
or modify tax liability, or seek an injunction, specific performance, or other relief; (2)
bring an action to determine adverse claims or intervene or otherwise participate in litigation;
(3) seek an attachment, garnishment, order of arrest, or other preliminary, provisional, or
intermediate relief and use an available procedure to effect or satisfy a judgment, order,
or decree; (4) make or accept a tender, offer of judgment, or admission of facts, submit a
controversy on an agreed statement of facts, consent...
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6-6-259
Section 6-6-259 Actions by mortgagees or vendor in conditional sale contract, etc., against
mortgagors or vendees, etc. (a) If the action is by a mortgagee or his assignee against a
mortgagor, or one holding under him, or by a vendor who has made a conditional sale reserving
the title until the entire purchase money shall be paid, or his assignee, against his vendee
or one holding under him, the defendant may, upon suggestion, require that the jury ascertain
the amount of the mortgage debt or the unpaid balance of the purchase price of the article
sold; and if the debt due is ascertained to be less than the value of the property sued for
as assessed by the jury, judgment must be entered for the property sued for or if that is
not to be had, then for the amount of the debt as ascertained by the jury. The court must
also make an order that, if the debt so ascertained, interest and costs, shall be paid within
30 days, no execution or other process shall issue on the judgment; and on...
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6-6-455
Section 6-6-455 Proceedings when garnishee liable for delivery of personal property.
If the garnishee is liable for the delivery of personal property or for the payment
of money which may be discharged by the delivery of personal property, the value of
the property must be ascertained and a judgment entered against the garnishee that if he does
not, by a day to be fixed by the court which must be a day after the maturity of such contract,
deliver such property to the sheriff or other lawful officer, he must pay the value thereof
or the sum of money which was payable therein. Upon the return of the sheriff or such other
officer that such property was not delivered or the value thereof or such sum of money was
not paid to him as required by the judgment, execution must be issued for the ascertained
value of such property or for the sum of money payable therein, if the same is less than the
amount of the judgment against the defendant in the original action, or, if more or equal
thereto,...
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13A-8-1
7-9A-102(a)(28), in respect of property in which the secured party has a security interest,
as defined in Section 7-1-201(37). (10) PROPELLED VEHICLE. Any propelled device in, upon,
or by which any person or property is transported on land, water, or in the air, and such
term includes motor vehicles, motorcycles, motorboats, aircraft, and any vessel propelled
by machinery, whether or not that machinery is the principal source of propulsion. (11) PROPERTY.
Any money, tangible or intangible personal property, property (whether real or personal)
the location of which can be changed (including things growing on, affixed to, or found in
land and documents, although the rights represented hereby have no physical location), contract
right, chose-in-action, interest in a claim to wealth, credit, or any other article or thing
of value of any kind. Commodities of a public utility nature, such as gas, electricity, steam,
and water, constitute property, but the supplying of such a commodity to...
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34-14A-15
a licensee, the aggrieved homeowner may, when the judgment is final, file a verified claim
in the court in which the judgment was entered and, on 30 days' written notice to the board,
may apply to the court for an order directing payment out of the Homeowners' Recovery Fund
of the amount remaining unpaid on the judgment. (4) The court shall proceed on such application
and the complainant shall be required to show that: a. He or she is not the spouse, child,
or parent of the debtor, or the personal representative of the spouse, child, or parent
or a shareholder, officer, or director of the debtor. b. He or she has obtained a judgment,
as described in this section, stating the amount of the judgment and the amount owing on the
judgment at the date of the application, and, that in such action, he or she had joined any
and all bonding companies which issued corporate surety bonds to the judgment debtor as principal
and all other necessary parties. c. The following items, if recovered by...
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39-1-1
Section 39-1-1 Bonds required of persons contracting for public works; commencement, etc.,
of actions upon bond by persons supplying labor, etc., to contractor; offer to accept judgment;
notice of completion of project by contractor and final settlement; applicability. (a) Any
person entering into a contract with an awarding authority in this state for the prosecution
of any public works shall, before commencing the work, execute a performance bond, with penalty
equal to 100 percent of the amount of the contract price. In addition, another bond, payable
to the awarding authority letting the contract, shall be executed in an amount not less than
50 percent of the contract price, with the obligation that the contractor or contractors shall
promptly make payments to all persons supplying labor, materials, or supplies for or in the
prosecution of the work provided in the contract and for the payment of reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred by successful claimants or plaintiffs in civil...
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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used
in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1)
CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited
liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing
Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a.
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal
place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a
permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall
not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues
to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor
which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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37-11A-1
by the Governor, or upon its otherwise becoming a law, and when the State of Mississippi ratifies
the compact. Article III. For purposes of this compact, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) Person means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, or any other
entity. (2) Railroad means a common carrier by railroad as defined in Section 1(3) of Part
I of the Interstate Commerce Act [codified as 49 U.S.C. ยง1(3)]. (3) Railroad properties and
facilities mean any real or personal property or interest in property which is owned,
leased, or otherwise controlled by a railroad or other person, including, without limitation,
the authority, and which are used or are useful in rail transportation service, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing: a. Track, roadbed, and related structures,
including rail, ties, ballast, other track materials, grading, tunnels, bridges, trestles,
culverts, elevated structures, stations, office buildings used for operating...
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