Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 4 > Part II - Sessions and Terms of Court

• Academic course: means a subject designed for transfer of credit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3140.1
• 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.
• Board: means the Board of Regents. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3140.1
• Commission: means the Advisory Commission on Proprietary Schools. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3140.1
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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}
• 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.
• Solicitor: means a person who solicits business for a proprietary school or who offers to sell or sells in this state any instruction or course of instruction offered by a proprietary school. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3140.1
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.