Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 288

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

The only functions which a clerk of a district court may exercise on a legal holiday are:

(1)  The signing of an order for the issuance of a writ of attachment or of sequestration by a clerk of a district court other than the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; and

(2)  The issuance of a writ of attachment, sequestration, or injunction.