Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Civil Code > PRELIMINARY TITLE > Title VII > Chapter 2 - Of Persons Capable of Buying and Selling

• Child: means any person under the age of twenty-one, including an emancipated minor, who commits a delinquent act before attaining seventeen years of age. See Louisiana Children's Code 804
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.