Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 1470

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.

If a party or other witness refuses to be sworn or refuses to answer any question after being directed to do so by the court in which the action is pending or in which the judgment was originally rendered, the refusal shall be considered a contempt of the court of the parish where the deposition is being taken.

Acts 1976, No. 574, §1.

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