Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 41 > Chapter 5 - Homesteads

• Agency: means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of the government of the state in the executive branch, but not any governing body or officer of any local government or subdivision of the state, or any parochial officer who exercises functions coterminous with the municipality in which he performs those functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Aggrieved person: includes any person who:

              (a) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice; or

              (b) Believes that he will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603

• Ambulance service: means any person who through the use of one or more ambulances and certified emergency medical technicians as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:4751
• 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.
• Artist: means the creator or each of the joint creators of a work of fine art. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage: means the process of capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from biomass energy generation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Biomass: means forest products' manufacturing bioenergy feedstocks, which may include but not be limited to the following:

              (a) Forest products' manufacturing residuals, including but not limited to spent pulping liquors, pulping byproducts, woody manufacturing residuals, paper recycling residuals, wastewater and process water treatment plant residuals, and anaerobic digester biogas. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062

• Board: means the Board of Ethics. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1102
• Board: means the Calcasieu Ship Channel Funding Management Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Board of Trustees: means the board provided to administer the retirement system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• 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.
• Commission: means the Louisiana Egg Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission or other appropriate governing body for an electric utility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Commissioner: means the Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Company: means a sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those entities or business associations, that exists to make a profit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3052
• Complainant: means that person who files a complaint pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conciliation: means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint, or by the investigation of such complaint, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the attorney general or his designee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603
• Conciliation agreement: means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603
• Conservation: means acts taken to prevent, stop, or retard deterioration of a work of fine art. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152
• Corps: means the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Critical infrastructure: means a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3052
• Cybersecurity: means the measures taken to protect a computer, computer network, computer system, or other technology infrastructure against unauthorized use or access. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3052
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Designated country: means a country designated by the governor as a threat to critical infrastructure pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3052
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Discriminatory housing practice: means an act that is unlawful pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• district: means an economic development district established by a local governmental subdivision pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9038.31
• DMMP: means the Dredged Material Management Plan dated November 22, 2010, as adopted by the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Egg products: means shell eggs, whether in cooked, dried, frozen, liquid, or raw form, and any product made from shell eggs, egg whites, egg yolks, or any combination thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Eggs: means pullet and hen eggs only. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Electric utility: means a public or investor-owned utility, an electric cooperative, municipal utility, or any private power supplier or marketer that is engaged in the business of supplying electric energy to the ultimate consumer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fund: means the Calcasieu River Fund which is a separate and distinct fund kept and maintained by the Port of Lake Charles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Governmental entity: means a state agency or political subdivision of this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3052
• Health care provider: means a person, partnership, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by this state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, dentist, chiropractor, podiatrist, optometrist, pharmacist, dietician, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or psychologist. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:4751
• Hospital: means an institution licensed as such by the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:4751
• Industry: means a fixed facility located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel with a terminal having at least one vessel call utilizing a state-commissioned pilot. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Local governmental subdivision: means any municipality or parish or any municipality, parish, local industrial board, a local public trust authorized pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:9038.31
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Net energy metering: means measuring the difference between electricity supplied by an electric utility and the electricity generated by a net energy metering customer and sold back to the electric utility over the applicable billing period. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Net energy metering customer: means an owner of a net energy metering facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Net energy metering facility: means a facility for the production of electrical energy that:

              (a) Uses solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, or biomass resources to generate electricity including but not limited to fuel cells and micro turbines that generate electricity if the fuel source is entirely derived from renewable resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062

• Non-federal sponsor: means the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District acting on behalf of the state of Louisiana, as authorized by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Obligation: means an amount which a government may be required legally to meet out of its resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental body, or other group, however organized. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152
• Person: means an individual or legal entity other than a governmental entity, or an agency thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1102
• Person: includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603
• Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, company, association, corporation, limited liability company, and any other legal entity or group of persons. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, government, political subdivision, or governmental agency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:4751
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Port: means the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• PPA: means the project partnership agreement between the non-federal sponsor and the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Producer: means any person engaged in the business of producing eggs in Louisiana or any person deriving a profit from such a business. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:836
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Recognized quality: means those attributes of a work of fine art that enhance its value. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152
• Reproduction: means a copy or likeness, in any medium, of a work of fine art that is displayed or published under circumstances that, reasonably construed, evidence an intent that it be taken as a representation of a work of fine art as created by the artist. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152
• Respondent: means the person or other entity accused in a complaint of a discriminatory housing practice, or, any other person or entity identified in the course of an investigation and notified that they are a respondent who shall be joined in the complaint. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2603
• Restoration: means acts taken to correct deterioration and alteration of a work of fine art. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152
• Retirement: means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Retirement system: means the Louisiana School Employees Retirement System established and described in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:1002
• Service: means the performance of work, duties, or responsibilities, or the leasing, rental, or sale of movable or immovable property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 42:1102
• Ship channel: means the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which may also be referred to as the Calcasieu River and Pass Project. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
• Vessel: means any watercraft utilizing a state-commissioned pilot to navigate the Calcasieu Ship Channel, whether foreign or domestic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Work of fine art: means any original work of visual or graphic art of recognized quality in any medium which includes, but is not limited to, the following: painting, drawing, print, photographic print, or sculpture of a limited edition of no more than three hundred copies; however, "work of fine art" shall not include sequential imagery such as motion pictures. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2152