Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:452

  • 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.

Candidates are classified according to the character of the office they seek and are designated as follows:

(1)  State candidates are candidates for offices voted on throughout the state or throughout a congressional district, justice of the supreme court, judge of a court of appeal, and candidates for membership on a state board or commission.

(2)  Local candidates are candidates for the state legislature and other district offices not included in Paragraph (1) of this Section; parochial offices, including the office of parish judge; and ward offices.

(3)  Municipal candidates are candidates for city, town, and village offices.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.