Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 49 > Chapter 13-B > Part B - Suspension and Revocation of License or Permit for Felonious Activity

• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Enforcing authority: means any of the following who have authority to enforce the provisions of this Part:

  (a)  The issuing agency which issued the license or permit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:999.21

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Holder of a license or permit: means the natural person or other entity in whose name a license or permit is issued and who holds such license or permit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:999.21
• Issuing agency: means a state agency, board, commission, department, or other entity of the state which issues a license or permit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:999.21
• License or permit: means any license or permit issued to any person or other entity by a state agency, except for any license or permit issued pursuant to any provisions of the law in Title 37 or Title 3 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:999.21
• 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.
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• 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.
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.