Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 1041

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

            An incidental demand is not barred by prescription or peremption if it was not barred at the time the main demand was filed and is filed within ninety days of date of service of main demand or in the case of a third party defendant within ninety days from service of process of the third party demand.

            Added by Acts 1970, No. 472, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 86, §1; Redesignated from C.C.P. Art. 1067 by Acts 2017, No. 419, §5.