Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 35 - Facilities Providing Housing or Temporary Residence for Individuals Referred by Judicial Agencies

• Administrator: means the administrator of veterans' affairs of the United States or his successor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney general: means the Louisiana attorney general. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Beneficiary: means a person who resides or is employed in this state and is covered or is eligible to be covered by a health plan. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Benefits: means all moneys paid or payable by the United States through the veterans administration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• Board of Pharmacy: means the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Commissioner of insurance: means the Louisiana commissioner of insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Curator: means any person acting as a fiduciary for an incompetent ward. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• Department of Insurance: means the Louisiana Department of Insurance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Department of Justice: means the Louisiana Department of Justice. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Estate: means income on hand and assets acquired partially or wholly with income. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• 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.
• Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Health plan: means an individual or group plan or program which is established by contract, certificate, law, plan, policy, subscriber agreement, or by any other method and which is entered into, issued, or offered for the purpose of arranging for, delivering, paying for, providing, or reimbursing any of the costs of health or medical care, including pharmacy services, drugs, or devices. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2863
• Income: means moneys received from the veterans administration and revenue or profit from any property wholly or partially acquired therewith. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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.
• 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 partnership, a corporation, or an association. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• 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.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Tutor: means any person acting as a fiduciary for a minor ward. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• Veterans administration: means the veterans administration, its predecessors, or successors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351
• Ward: means a beneficiary of the veterans administration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:351