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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3331

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

When a right of action to recover damages for the wrongful death of a nonresident vests in the administrator or executor appointed or confirmed by a court of the domicile of the deceased, this administrator or executor may institute and prosecute the action in a court of this state without the necessity of qualifying as ancillary administrator or executor.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.