Louisiana Revised Statutes 44:324 – Answer; judgment
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 44:324
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
The party defendant in any application for the re-establishment of any deed, mortgage or other instrument shall have the same delay as in other writs, and his answer, which shall be under oath, must either admit of the facts as stated in the petition, or deny the same wholly or partially; whereupon the judge shall proceed to trial, and after hearing evidence shall render judgment establishing or not establishing the deed, bond, mortgage, judgment, or other instrument of writing, as the evidence proves to have existed. No other issue is to be tried but the existence or non-existence of the document sought to be established; and when so established, it shall be executory and shall have the same force and effect as the original.