Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 5001

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

            A. An appeal from a judgment rendered by a parish court or by a city court shall be taken to the court of appeal.

            B. Appeal shall be on the record and shall be taken in the same manner as an appeal from the district court.

            Acts 1986, No. 156, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1134, §1; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.