Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:381

  • 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.

There shall be a crier for the court of appeal, fourth circuit, who shall be appointed by the judges of the court of appeal, fourth circuit, and be commissioned by the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans as a deputy sheriff, and may receive a salary of forty-eight hundred dollars, per annum, payable monthly by the city of New Orleans, within the discretion of the city council.  

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 416, §1.