Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 12

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

In pleading a state statute of Louisiana or an ordinance of a political subdivision thereof, a state statute of another state of the United States, or a federal statute, or a right derived therefrom or an obligation created thereby, it is sufficient to refer to the statute or ordinance by an official method of citation, by its title, or in any other manner which identifies the statute or ordinance.