Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 7 > Part 6 - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: Miscellaneous Provisions

• Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
• Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• lien: means a privilege on movable property created by operation of law in favor of a creditor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:7-102