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15-6-61
Section 15-6-61 Forfeiture; remittance of amount specified. (a) An undertaking to keep the
peace is forfeited by the commission by the defendant of any offense upon the person or property
of another, which may be ascertained by a jury, without the conviction of the defendant therefor,
in the circuit court on 10 days' notice to the parties against whom the forfeiture is sought.
(b) On a forfeiture of an undertaking to keep the peace, the court may remit any portion of
the amount specified therein, according to the circumstances of the case. (Code 1852, §§426,
427; Code 1867, §§3976, 3979; Code 1876, §§4045, 4046; Code 1886, §§4699, 4700; Code
1896, §§5180, 5181; Code 1907, §§7539, 7540; Code 1923, §§5157, 5158; Code 1940, T.
15, §§420, 421.)...
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28-4-250
Section 28-4-250 Authorization and procedure generally. Prohibited liquors and beverages kept,
stored or deposited in any place in this state for the purpose of sale or unlawful disposition
or unlawful furnishing or distribution and the vessels and receptacles in which such liquors
are contained are declared to be contraband and are forfeited to the state when seized and
may be condemned for destruction as provided in this article, and prohibited liquors and beverages
may be searched for, seized and ordered to be destroyed as set forth in this article. In all
criminal prosecutions against any person for violating the provisions of the prohibition laws
of this state, the court, upon a conviction, may order the destruction of such prohibited
liquors or beverages as had been sold, offered for sale, had, kept in possession for sale
or otherwise disposed of by the defendant, or had been employed by him for use or disposition
at any unlawful drinking place or had been kept or used in...
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30-5-5
Section 30-5-5 Standing to file sworn petition for protection order; disclosure of information;
costs and fees. (a) The following persons have standing to file a sworn petition for a protection
order under this chapter as a plaintiff: (1) A person who is at least 18 years old or is otherwise
emancipated and is the victim of abuse, as defined in Section 30-5-2, or has reasonable cause
to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse. (2)
A parent, legal guardian, next friend, court-appointed guardian ad litem, or the State Department
of Human Resources may petition for relief on behalf of the following: a. A minor child. b.
Any person prevented by physical or mental incapacity from seeking a protection order. (b)
Standardized petitions for actions pursuant to this chapter shall be made available through
the circuit clerks' offices around the state. The circuit clerk shall not provide assistance
to persons in completing the forms or in presenting...
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35-9-100
Section 35-9-100 When reasonable satisfaction may be recovered. A reasonable satisfaction may
be recovered for the use and occupation of land: (1) When there has been a demise by deed
or by parol, and no specific sum agreed on as rent. (2) When the defendant has been let into
possession upon a supposed sale of the lands, which, from the act of the defendant, has not
been consummated. (3) When the tenant remains on the land by sufferance of the owner. When,
after a demise, the tenant, having had 30 days' previous notice, holds over without the consent
of his landlord, he shall pay to such landlord double the value of the customary rent of the
property so withheld. (4) When the defendant has gone in possession of the land unlawfully.
The owner of the land has a lien upon the same property of the defendant, and to the same
extent as the landlord has under section 35-9-30 or section 35-9-60, which may be enforced
by attachment as provided in section 35-9-61 or section 35-9-34, as may be...
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40-10-135
Section 40-10-135 Deed of state on sale of land bid in by state. When lands have been sold
by the state, as provided in Sections 40-10-132 and 40-10-134, and the purchase money has
been paid, the Land Commissioner, in behalf of the state, shall execute to the purchaser a
deed, duly acknowledged, without warranty or covenant of any kind on the part of the state,
express or implied, conveying to him all the right, title, and interest of the state in and
to the lands purchased by him; and such purchaser shall thereafter have all the right, title,
and interest of the state in and to such lands and shall be held and treated as the assignee
of all the taxes due upon such lands, or for which they were sold, and the penalties and all
of the taxes that should have been under the law assessed upon the same, if they had been
the property of a private citizen of the state, and he shall be clothed with all the rights,
liens, powers, and remedies, whether as a plaintiff or defendant, respecting said...
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6-5-487
Section 6-5-487 Advance payments by defendant or insurer not admission of liability; advance
payments in excess of award not repayable. (a) In all actions for medical liability, any advance
payment made by the defendant or his insurer to or for the plaintiff, or any other person,
may not be construed as an admission of liability for injuries or damages suffered by the
plaintiff or anyone else. Evidence of such advance payment is not admissible until there is
a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in which event the court shall reduce the judgment
to the plaintiff to the extent of advance payment. The advance payment shall inure to the
exclusive credit of the defendant or his insurer making the payment. In the event the advance
payment exceeds the liability of the defendant or the insurer making it, the court shall order
any adjustment necessary to equalize the amount which each defendant is obligated to pay,
exclusive of cost. (b) In no case shall an advance payment in excess of...
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6-5-576
Section 6-5-576 Advance payments by defendant or insurer not admission of liability; advance
payments in excess of award not repayable. (a) In all legal service liability actions, any
advance payment made by the defendant or his insurer to or for the plaintiff, or any other
person, may not be construed as an admission of liability for injuries or damages suffered
by the plaintiff or anyone else. Evidence of such advance payment is not admissible until
there is a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in which event the court shall reduce
the judgment to the plaintiff to the extent of advance payment. The advance payment shall
inure to the exclusive credit of the defendant or his insurer making the payment. In the event
the advance payment exceeds the liability of the defendant or the insurer making it, the court
shall order any adjustment necessary to equalize the amount which each defendant is obligated
to pay, exclusive of costs. (b) In no case shall an advance payment in excess...
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6-5-580
Section 6-5-580 Standards of care. In any action for injury or damages or wrongful death, whether
in contract or in tort, against a legal service provider, the plaintiff shall have the burden
of proving that the legal service provider breached the applicable standard of care. The applicable
standard of care shall be as follows: (1) The applicable standard of care against the defendant
legal service provider shall be such reasonable care and skill and diligence as other similarly
situated legal service providers in the same general line of practice in the same general
area ordinarily have and exercise in a like case. (2) However, if the defendant publishes
the fact that he or she is certified as a specialist in an area of the law or if the defendant
legal service provider solicits business by publicly advertising as a specialist in any area
of the law, the standard of care applicable to such legal service provider in a claim for
damages resulting from the practice of such a specialty...
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6-9-89
Section 6-9-89 Sale of levied property - Perishable goods and chattels - Strawberries. When
strawberries are levied on or seized under any writ of detinue, writ of attachment, or writ
of execution, the sheriff or constable making the levy or seizure shall, unless a replevy
bond or forthcoming bond is immediately executed by the defendant, proceed forthwith to sell
the strawberries so levied on or seized either at public or private sale, as he may deem best,
and the proceeds of such sale shall be by such officer paid into the court out of which said
writ was issued and shall be held by such court pending the final disposition of the case.
(Acts 1931, No. 348, p. 407; Code 1940, T. 7, §538.)...
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7-2-201
Section 7-2-201 Formal requirements; statute of frauds. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
this section a contract for the sale of goods for the price of $500 or more is not enforceable
by way of action or defense unless there is some writing sufficient to indicate that a contract
for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement
is sought or by his authorized agent or broker. A writing is not insufficient because it omits
or incorrectly states a term agreed upon, but the contract is not enforceable under this paragraph
beyond the quantity of goods shown in such writing. (2) Between merchants if within a reasonable
time a writing in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received
and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it satisfies the requirements
of subsection (1) against such party unless written notice of objection to its contents is
given within 10 days after it is received. (3) A contract...
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