Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1452

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Appeal from a civil judgment rendered by a parish court may be taken to the court of appeal.  The appeal shall be on the record and shall be taken in the same manner as an appeal from the district court, except that a suspensive or a devolutive appeal must be taken within ten days after the date of the judgment or after service of notice of judgment, when such notice is necessary, or, if timely application for a new trial is made, within ten days after denial of an application for a new trial.  

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.  

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