Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 23 - Judgments

• Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
• Commission: means the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:663
• Commission: means the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Employee: means any female individual who is employed to work forty or more hours a week and who is employed by the employer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:663
• Employer: means any department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee or other organizational unit of the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:663
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Secretary: means the secretary of the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.