Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 323

  • 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 sheriff shall not execute any writ, mandate, order, or judgment of a court in a civil case on a legal holiday, except a writ of attachment, sequestration, fieri facias, or seizure and sale under executory process, or an injunction.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 169, §1.