§ 16-55-118. Laws requiring notice or summons for specified time before term amended to permit action taken on any day court is in session
Whether specifically mentioned in this act or not, any law or part of a law requiring notice or summons to be served or published a specific length of time before the beginning of a term before the steps authorized in the law may be had at such terms in any civil or special proceeding is […]
§ 16-55-119. Computation of time
Where a certain number of days are required to intervene between two (2) acts, the day of one (1) only of the acts may be counted.
§ 16-55-120. Affirmation in lieu of oath
Whenever an oath is required by this code, the affirmation of a person conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath shall have the same effect.
§ 16-55-121. Successive actions on same contract or transaction
Successive actions may be maintained upon the same contract or transaction whenever, after the former action, a new cause of action has arisen therefrom.
§ 16-55-122. Contract provisions restricting disclosure of environmental hazards are void
(a) Any provision of a contract or agreement entered into to settle a lawsuit which purports to restrict any person’s right to disclose the existence or harmfulness of an environmental hazard is declared to be against the public policy of the State of Arkansas and therefore void. (b) For purposes of this section, the term […]
§ 16-55-110. Boards — Authority of majority
An authority conferred upon three (3) or more persons may be exercised by a majority of them and a majority of three (3) or more persons may do any act directed to be performed by them.
§ 16-55-111. Classes of remedies
Remedies in civil cases are divided into two (2) classes: (1) Actions; (2) Special proceedings.
§ 16-55-112. Authority to grant provisional remedy
A provisional remedy as provided in this code may be granted only by the judge of the court in which the action is brought, or by any circuit judge.
§ 16-55-113. Writ of ne exeat abolished
The writ of ne exeat as a remedy in a civil action is abolished.
§ 16-55-114. Notices — Form — Service generally
(a) (1) The notices mentioned in this code shall be in writing and may be served by a sheriff, constable, coroner, or marshal of a town or city, whose return thereon shall be proof of the service. (2) Notices may also be served by any person not a party or interested in the action or […]