Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 35 > Part IV - Louisiana Sheriff's Executive Management Institute

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Benefit contract: means the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Benefit member: means an adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Brand family: has the meaning as set forth in Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Certificate: means the document issued as written evidence of the benefit contract. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• 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.
• Dealer: includes every person who manufactures or purchases cigars, cigarettes, or other tobacco products for distribution or resale in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• directory: means the directory compiled by the attorney general under Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Laws: means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Lodge: means subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches, or by any other designation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Manufacturer: means anyone engaged in the manufacture, production, or foreign importation of tobacco products who sells to wholesalers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Person: means any natural person, trustee, company, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Premiums: means premiums, rates, dues, or other required contributions by whatever name known, which are payable under the certificate. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Purchase: means acquisition in any manner, for any consideration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Retail dealer: includes every dealer other than a wholesale dealer, or manufacturer who sells or offers for sale cigars, cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products, irrespective of quantity or the number of sales. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Rules: means all rules, regulations, or resolutions adopted by the supreme governing body or board of directors which are intended to have general application to the members of the society. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Revenue and includes any of his duly authorized assistants. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• sell: means any transfer, exchange, or barter in any manner or by any means for any consideration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Society: means fraternal benefit society. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:284
• Stamp: means the impression, device, stamp, label, or print manufactured or printed as prescribed by the secretary by the use of which the tax levied hereunder is paid. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Stamping agent: means a dealer that is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes under Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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.