Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 19 > Part I - General Provisions

• 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.
• Board: means the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3882
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Evaluation: means the process by which a local board monitors the continuing performance of its teachers and administrators. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3882
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
• Local board: means a city, parish, or other local public school board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3882
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.