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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3874

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

The intervener, or plaintiff in injunction, who claims the ownership of property under seizure, regardless of the writ or process under which it has been seized, at any time more than ten days after the filing of his petition, may obtain the release of such property by furnishing security exceeding by more than one-half the value of such property.  The security furnished shall be conditioned upon the prompt return of the property when called for by the sheriff.  

The right granted under this section shall not prejudice the right of any other person to obtain the release of such property by furnishing security therefor, as provided by law.  

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.