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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:121

  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

Each grand jury, except those impaneled pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 415.1, may inspect every prison, place of detention, asylum, and hospital within the parish and may report to the district judge how the prisoners and inmates of every such institution are treated.  If the grand jury files a report, the report shall state, with regard to each public institution to which the report applies, the number of prisoners and inmates in every such public institution and the costs of maintenance and shall state the length of time that each prisoner awaiting trial, at the time of said report, has been so held for trial.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; Acts 1990, No. 74, §2; Acts 2001, No. 1115, §1.