Louisiana Codes > Civil Code > BOOK II > Title II > Chapter 1 – General Principles
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- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.