§ 13:3661 Attendance compulsory in civil cases; witnesses within state; deposit
§ 13:3661.1 Departmental service of subpoenas on law enforcement officers and fire service personnel
§ 13:3662 Witness fees for law enforcement officers, fire service persons, and representatives of governmental traffic engineering departments
§ 13:3663 Witnesses summoned for deposition or deposed; fees and mileage
§ 13:3665 Competency of witnesses
§ 13:3666 Compensation of expert witnesses; costs of medical reports and copies of hospital records; land surveyors
§ 13:3667 Physicians not required to attend court if life of patients would be endangered
§ 13:3667.1 Legislators, legislative officials, and personnel not required to appear as witnesses in court or at administrative proceedings
§ 13:3667.2 Governor’s compelled appearance in court; procedure; appeal
§ 13:3667.3 Statewide elected officials, members of the legislature, legislative personnel, appointed heads of state departments, compelled appearance as witness in court or at administrative proceeding, hearing required
§ 13:3668 Saint Ursuline Nuns; not compelled to appear in court; taking of deposition
§ 13:3669 Witness not compelled to appear at subsequent term until paid
§ 13:3672 Court shall not require notary to produce original act, unless signature thereon at issue

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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 17 > Part I - Witnesses

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Depository: means an institution which contracts with the state librarian to participate in the public document depository system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:121.1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Public document: means informational matter, for public distribution regardless of format, method of reproduction, source, or copyright, originating in or produced with the imprint of, by the authority of, or at the total or partial expense of, any state agency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:121.1
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State agency: means an office, department, board, bureau, commission, council, institution, college or university, division, officer, or other person or group within the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government that is authorized to exercise or that exercises any of the functions of the government of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 25:121.1
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.