Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 13 > Chapter 26 > Part II - Orleans Parish

• Board: means the State Board of Election Supervisors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:567.1
• Complainant: means the person who files a complaint with the board under this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:567.1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Federal election: means a general, special, primary, or runoff election for federal office; and a primary election held for the expression of a preference for the nomination of individuals for election to the office of president. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:567.1
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Respondent: means any state or local election official whose actions relating to a federal election are asserted, in a complaint under this Subpart, to be in violation of Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:567.1
• Title III: means Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, P. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:567.1
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.