Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4

  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

When any code or statutory provision requires the affixing of the seal of a court to a judgment, order, mandate, writ, process, certified copy, or document issued by the court or its clerk, and the court has no official seal, the affixing of the seal of the clerk of the court is a compliance with the code or statutory requirement.  

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