Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 25 > Chapter 3 - Parish and Municipal Libraries

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Administrator: means the secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Applicant: means a person who seeks to be examined for licensure or registration by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• 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
• Armed security officer: is a n individual who provides security services and who at any time wears, carries, possesses, or has access to a firearm or any other weapon defined by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Athlete: means an individual designated as such by the board, an educational institution, a professional athletic organization, or other board-approved organization who participates in an athletic activity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Athletic injury: means any injury, illness, or medical condition sustained by an athlete as a result of his participation in exercises, sports, games, or recreational activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Athletic trainer: means an individual licensed by the board as an athletic trainer with the specific qualifications set forth in Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Base period: means the first four of the last five complete calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this Chapter, with respect to his unemployment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Examiners for Sanitarians. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2101
• Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners, an agency in the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners established in Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3353
• Board: means the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Board-approved organization: means one of the following:

              (a) Approved organization, including but not limited to the Amateur Athletic Union, the International Olympic Committee and its affiliates, the Pan American Sports Organization, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, college and university intramural sports, and sports events of the National Federation of State High School Associations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302

• BOC: means the Board of Certification, Inc. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Commission: means the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• commissioner: as used in this Chapter , means the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2202
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of conservation of the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:503
• Contract security company: means any person engaging in the business of providing, or which undertakes to provide, a security officer on a contractual basis for another person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Contributions: means the money payments to the state unemployment compensation fund, required by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Creditable service: means prior service plus membership service for which credit is allowable as provided in this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Educational institution: means a university, college, junior college, high school, junior high school, or grammar school, whether public or private. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Emergency management: means the immediate care given to an injured athlete under the general supervision of the team or consulting physician. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Employee: means any person legally occupying a position in the state service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Employer: means :

              (a) Any employing unit which in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid for services in employment wages of one thousand five hundred dollars or more for some portion of a day in each of twenty different calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in either the current or the preceding calendar year, had in employment at least one individual regardless of whether the same individual was in employment each day. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472

• Employer: means the state of Louisiana or any of its boards, commissions, departments, agencies, and courts which are contributing members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Employing unit: means any individual or type of organization, including the state of Louisiana or subdivisions, or instrumentality thereof or of any other state or of the United States except as excluded by any other provision of this Chapter, and any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint-stock company, nontrading corporation, insurance company, corporation, or corporate group, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee, or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Employment: means , subject to the other provisions of this Subsection, any services including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages or under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied;

              B. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472

• En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Executive secretary: means the chief administrative officer of the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fund: means the unemployment compensation fund established by this Chapter, to which all contributions required and from which all benefits provided under this Chapter shall be paid. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• 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
• Gas: means any gas derived from or composed of hydrocarbons, including synthetic gas which is produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke and the heat content of which synthetic gas does not exceed 800 BTUs per standard cubic foot. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:503
• General supervision: means the service is furnished under a physician's overall direction and control, but the physician's presence shall not be required during the provision of service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Independent contractor: means a person who, for the purposes of the Employment Security Law, satisfies the exception provided in Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1761
• 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.
• Instructor: means any person approved and licensed by the board to administer and certify the successful completion of the required minimum training requirements for security officers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Insured work: means employment for employers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Licensee: means any person to whom a license is granted in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Member: means any person included in the membership of the system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• Operator: means any person employed in responsible charge of operating all or any portion of a scrap metal recycling facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• Person: means an individual, firm, association, company, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1761
• Physical rehabilitation: means the care given to athletes following an athletic injury and recovery. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine by the board in the state who is qualified by training and experience to supervise an athletic trainer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302
• Political subdivision: as used in this Part means any parish of this state as well as any city or county of another adjoining or adjacent state which is authorized by the law of that state to engage in a joint endeavor for the creation and operation of an airport district with a political subdivision of this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 2:131
• Practice of prevention: shall include but is not limited to the following:

              (a) Working cooperatively with supervisors and coaches in establishing and implementing a program of physical conditioning for athletes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3302

• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• 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.
• Private security business: is a ny entity that provides protection to persons and property, excluding any law enforcement agency, but including any:

  (a)  Contract security company; or

  (b)  Armored car company or armed courier company. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272

• Probate: Proving a will
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Qualifying agent: means a responsible officer or executive employee meeting the experience qualifications set forth herein. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Railroad track materials: means steel in the form of railroad tracks or in the form of rail, switch components, spikes, angle bars, tie plates, or bolts of the type used in constructing railroads, or any combination of such materials. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• Registrant: means an individual who holds a valid registration card issued by the board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Registration card: means the identification card issued by the board to a registrant as evidence that the registrant has met the required minimum qualifications. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Respiratory care: is synonymous with the term "respiratory therapy" as defined in this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3353
• Respiratory therapy: means the allied health specialty practiced under the direction and supervision of a physician involving the assessment, treatment, testing, monitoring, and care of persons with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3353
• Retirement: means termination of active service, with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Sanitarian: means a person who possesses the necessary qualifications as recognized in this Chapter to carry out inspectional, educational, and investigational duties in the field of environmental sanitation, or who serves as a consultant, supervisor, or administrator of programs and personnel involving such duties. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2101
• Sanitarian trainee: means a person who possesses the necessary academic qualifications as recognized in this Chapter for licensing as a sanitarian, but who does not possess the required year of experience and training in sanitation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2101
• Scrap metal: means metal materials which are purchased for resale to be recycled, including but not limited to ferrous materials, catalytic converters, auto hulks, copper, copper wire, copper alloy, bronze, zinc, aluminum other than in the form of cans, stainless steel, nickel alloys, or brass, whether in the form of bars, cable, ingots, rods, tubing, wire, wire scraps, clamps or connectors, railroad track materials, water utility materials, and used building components. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• Secretary: means the secretary of the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
• Security officer: means an individual who is employed by a contract security company whether armed or unarmed, to protect a person or persons or property or both, and whose duties include but are not limited to the following:

  (a)  Prevention of unlawful intrusion or entry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272

• Security operations manager: means any individual whose duties include but are not limited to the following:

  (i)  Scheduling and assignment of work shifts. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3272

• State: includes the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• State: means the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• System: means the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Termination: means complete cessation of employment with the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:403
• 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.
• 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.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• United States: when used in a geographical sense, includes the states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Wages: means all remuneration for services, including vacation pay, holiday pay, dismissal pay, commissions, bonuses, the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash, and WARN Act payments received pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472
• Water utility materials: shall include but not be limited to water meters, valves, pipes, and fittings. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1962
• weather modification: as used in this Chapter , means the changing or controlling by chemical, mechanical, or physical methods the occurrence of lightning or the precipitation of rain, hail, mist, sleet, or snow. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2202
• Week: means such period of seven consecutive days, as the administrator may by regulation prescribe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1472