Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 15 > CODE TITLE XXX > Chapter 3-B - Registration of Sex Offenders, Sexually Violent Predators, and Child Predators

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affiliate: means a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Affiliate: means a person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance, the commissioner's deputies, or the Department of Insurance, as appropriate. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Declared emergency: means an event or condition that constitutes an emergency as defined in Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Disaster preparedness or relief organization: means an entity that provides emergency preparedness services or disaster relief services that include health services provided by volunteer health practitioners, and that meets either of the following:

              (a) Is designated or recognized as a provider of those services pursuant to a disaster response and recovery plan adopted by an agency of the federal government or by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness or the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Emergency declaration: means a declaration of emergency issued by the governor under the authority of Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact: means the interstate compact approved by the United States Congress by Public Law No. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Enterprise risk: means any activity, circumstance, event, or series of events involving one or more affiliates of an insurer that, if not remedied promptly, is likely to have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition or liquidity of the insurer or its insurance holding company system as a whole, including but not limited to anything that would cause the insurer's risk-based capital to fall into company action level as set forth in Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Entity: means a person other than an individual. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal reserve: means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Group-wide supervisor: means the regulatory official authorized to engage in conducting and coordinating group-wide supervision activities who is determined or acknowledged by the commissioner pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
• Health facility: means an entity licensed under the laws of this or another state to provide health services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Health practitioner: means an individual licensed under the laws of this or another state to provide health services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Health services: means the provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance, or other services, or supplies, related to the health or death of individuals or human populations, to the extent necessary to respond to a declared emergency, including:

              (a) The following, concerning the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or affecting the structure or function of the body:

              (i) Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782

• Host entity: means an entity operating in this state which uses volunteer health practitioners to respond to an emergency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• insurance holding company system: consists of two or more affiliated persons, one or more of which is an insurer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• License: means authorization by a state to engage in health services that are unlawful without the authorization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• licensed and in good standing: means a current, unrestricted license or other authority issued by the professional licensing authority of another state to provide the health services sought or to be rendered in this state during a declared emergency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• NAIC: means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any similar entity or any combination of the foregoing acting in concert, but shall not include any joint venture partnership exclusively engaged in owning, managing, leasing, or developing immovable or corporeal movable property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:691.2
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. ^Source:
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• public health emergency: means an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that:

              (a) Is believed to be caused by any of the following:

              (i) Bioterrorism. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:762

• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Scope of practice: means the extent of the authorization to provide health services granted to a health practitioner by a license issued to the practitioner in the state in which the principal part of the practitioner's services are rendered, including any conditions imposed by the licensing authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Secure registration card: means a secure form of identification which meets the following criteria:

              (a) Is built on nationally recognized standards-based security features and enrollment vetting and issuance processes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782

• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• State licensing authority: means a professional licensing board, agency, or commission with authority to license health practitioners in this state to provide the health services proposed to be provided by a volunteer health practitioner in response to a declared emergency, and which shall have administrative disciplinary jurisdictional authority over volunteer health practitioners with respect to their offering or provision of such health services in the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Volunteer health practitioner: means a health practitioner who provides health services in this state for a host entity, whether or not the practitioner receives compensation for those services so long as the person who receives the health services does not pay and is not asked to pay directly or indirectly for the health services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.