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Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure 1040

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, wherever the words “plaintiff” and “defendant” are used in this Code, they respectively include a plaintiff and a defendant in an incidental demand.