Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 4 - Registration of Voters

• abandoned waste site: means a landfill, land treatment area, pit, pond, lagoon, or other surface feature that is not actively used for oil and gas operations, whether or not declared "abandoned" under this Part, and which contains oilfield wastes, including such surrounding property necessary to contain and impound the site and to secure the area from access by the general public. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:73
• Account: means the Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Dedicated Fund Account. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• Appointed official: means a person holding an appointive position or office with any department, board, commission, or agency of the state, or of any political subdivision or municipal corporation, when the office or position is established by the constitution or laws of this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assistant secretary: means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Assistant secretary: means the assistant secretary of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3873
• Bonds: means revenue bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by an issuer pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Charter school: means an independent public school that provides a program of elementary or secondary education, or both, established pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter to provide a learning environment that will improve pupil achievement. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3973
• Chartering authority: means either a local school board or the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3973
• Child: means a person who has not reached age eighteen or otherwise been legally emancipated. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.33
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of eighteen years. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Child and Adult Care Food Program: means the federal nutrition reimbursement program as funded by the United States Department of Agriculture through the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Child Care and Development Fund: means the child care programs funded through the federal Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant Act and administered by the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Commercial fisherman: means any citizen of the state of Louisiana whose primary source of earnings is from the harvesting of living marine resources for commercial purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Commission: means the Oilfield Site Restoration Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Commission: means the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Conservation of the State of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the office of conservation within the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives from the injection and mining division of that office. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:73
• Committee: means the Teacher Incentive Pay Models Program Advisory Committee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Compensation: means normal or regular base pay, but does not include overtime, per diem, differential pay, or any other allowance for other expense. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Course provider: means an entity that offers individual courses in person or online, including but not limited to online or virtual education providers, postsecondary education institutions, including any postsecondary institution under the management of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, and corporations that offer vocational or technical course work in their field, and have been authorized to provide such courses by the state board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4002.3
• Department: means the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Department: means the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Department: means the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4013
• Department: means the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Department: means the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3873
• Department: means the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.33
• Department: means the state Department of Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Disability: means a physical or mental impairment, which substantially limits one or more of the major life activities, or a record of such impairment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Early learning center: means any child day care center, Early Head Start Center, Head Start Center, or stand-alone prekindergarten program not attached to a school. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.33
• earnings: means the earnings derived solely by the personal efforts of the commercial fisherman, exclusive of the income of a spouse or of any community property interest in the income of a spouse. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Economically disadvantaged: means any one of the following characteristics of a student:

              (a) Is eligible for Louisiana's food assistance program for low-income families. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3973

• Eligible funded student: means any student who resides in Louisiana and meets the following criteria:

              (a) Is attending a public elementary or secondary school. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4002.3

• Eligible participating student: means any student who resides in Louisiana and meets one of the following criteria:

              (a) Is a scholarship recipient as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4002.3

• Eligible student: means a student who resides in Louisiana, is a member of a family with a total income that does not exceed two hundred fifty percent of the current federal poverty guidelines as established by the federal office of management and budget, and who meets any one of the following criteria:

              (a) Is entering kindergarten and has enrolled in the local school system in which the public school he would have otherwise attended is located or in a school under the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4013

• Employee: means any person employed by any private or public employer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Employment: means a position as an employee with any private or public employer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Enrolled bill: The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form. It is printed on parchment paper, signed by appropriate officials, and submitted to the President/Governor for signature.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Family child care provider: means an individual who provides child care services for fewer than twenty-four hours per day per child, as the sole caregiver, for six or fewer children, in a private residence. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. ^{Source: OCC}
• Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fishing gear: means any vessel and any equipment, whether or not attached to a vessel, which is used in the commercial handling or harvesting of living marine resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fund: means the Oilfield Site Restoration Fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Gas: means all natural gas, including casinghead gas, and all other hydrocarbons not defined as oil in Paragraph (7) of this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• In-home provider: means an individual who provides child care services in the child or children's own home. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Issuer: means a public trust and public corporation organized and existing by, under, and pursuant to the provisions of La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License type: means the type of license applied for or held, which shall include Type I, Type II, and Type III. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.33
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Local school board: means any city, parish, or other local public school board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3973
• Local superintendent: means the appropriate city or parish school superintendent. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Local system: means the appropriate city or parish school board or system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Office: means the office of state fire marshal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• Oil: means crude petroleum oil, and other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, which are produced at the well head in liquid form by ordinary production methods. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Orphaned oilfield site: means an oilfield site which has no continued useful purpose for the exploration, production, or development of oil or gas and which has been declared to be an orphaned oilfield site by the assistant secretary under La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means the person, including operators and producers acting on behalf of the person, who has or had the right to drill into and to produce from a pool and to appropriate the production either for himself or for others. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Participating school: means a nonpublic school that meets program requirements and seeks to enroll scholarship recipients or a public school that meets program requirements and seeks to enroll scholarship recipients subject to any court-ordered desegregation plan in effect for the school system in which the public school is located. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4013
• past due spousal support: means the amount of a delinquency determined under a court order under state law for support and maintenance of a spouse. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:325
• Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, tutor, curator, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Pilot program: means a pilot teacher incentive pay program submitted, approved, or undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Political subdivision: means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:581
• Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of crude petroleum oil or natural gas or both. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Producer: means the owner of a well capable of producing oil or gas or both. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:3
• Producing oilfield site: means an oilfield site which is associated with the production of oil or gas for at least six months of the preceding calendar year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Program: means the Fishermen's Gear Compensation and Underwater Obstruction Removal Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Program: means the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4013
• Program: means the Teacher Incentive Pay Models Program established in this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public retirement system: means any public retirement or pension system, fund, or plan maintained primarily for officers and employees of the state of Louisiana or of any political subdivision thereof, or any district, board, commission, or other agency of either, or of any other such public entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Public service organization: means any community-based group of fifty or more persons incorporated under the laws of this state that meets all of the following requirements:

              (a) Has a charitable, eleemosynary, or philanthropic purpose. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3973

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• related: means the child, grandchild, niece, or nephew of the primary child care provider of a family child care provider or in-home provider. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• relative: means a natural or adopted child or grandchild of the caregiver or a child in the legal custody of the caregiver. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.33
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Responsible party: means the operator of record according to the office of conservation records, who last operated the property on which the oilfield site is located at the time the site is about to be abandoned, ceases operation, or becomes an unusable oilfield site, and that operator's partners and working interest owners of that oilfield site. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Revenues: means the revenues described in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Scholarship: means the funds awarded to a parent or other legal guardian on behalf of an eligible student to attend a participating public or nonpublic school. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4013
• Scholarship recipient: means an eligible student who is awarded a scholarship. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4013
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources or his authorized representatives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Secretary: means the secretary of the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Service in the uniformed services: means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under competent authority and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, full-time national guard duty, and a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any such duty. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Site restoration: means any and all oilfield site restoration activities required of a responsible party of an oil or gas property by regulations adopted by the office of conservation pursuant to this Subtitle, including without limitation plugging of oil and gas wells, pit closure, site remediation, and removal of oilfield equipment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• Sponsoring organization: means a public or nonprofit private organization that is recognized by the department and that is entirely responsible for the administration of the Child and Adult Care Food Program for a provider. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:407.62
• State board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:4002.3
• State board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3973
• Superintendent: means the state superintendent of education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3822
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Underwater obstruction: means any obstacle, whether natural or manmade, which impedes normal navigation and commercial fishing on the navigable waters of the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:101.3
• Uniformed services: means the armed forces of the United States as defined by 10 U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
• Unusable oilfield site: means an oilfield site which has no continued useful purpose for the exploration, production, or development of oil or gas and for which a responsible party can be located. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:82
• wastes: means those fluids, sludges, elements, or compounds defined or identified as oilfield wastes or non-hazardous oilfield wastes pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:73