Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 6 > Part V-A - Regulation of Explosives

• 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
• Approved: shall mean approved by the office of the deputy secretary for public safety services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Artificial barricade: shall mean an artificial mound or revetted wall of earth of a minimum thickness of three feet. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Blaster: shall mean a person employed by a primary licensee who detonates or otherwise effects the explosion of an explosive or who is in immediate personal charge and supervision of one or more other persons engaged in such activity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• 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.
• Dealer-distributor: means a person engaged in the wholesale or retail business of buying and selling or distribution of explosives, provided that should a manufacturer make sales to users, such manufacturer shall not be required to obtain an additional license as a dealer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Deputy secretary: means the deputy secretary for public safety services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Detonator: means any device containing an initiating or primary explosive that is used for initiating detonation in another explosive material. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• 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.
• Explosives: means any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Flammable: means any material with a flash point of 140° F or less. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Handler: shall mean a person who touches, moves, or otherwise handles explosives but does not detonate or otherwise effect the explosion of explosives or explosives materials. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Highway: shall mean any public street or public road, public highway, alley, or thoroughfare. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Magazine: shall mean any building, structure, or device used for temporary or permanent storage of explosives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Manufacturer: means a person engaged in the manufacture, compounding, or combining of explosives. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Natural barricade: shall mean natural features of the ground such as hills, or timber of sufficient density that the surrounding exposures which require protection cannot be seen when the trees are bare of leaves. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Oxidizer: means a material that may, generally by yielding oxygen, cause or enhance the combustion of other materials. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• 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 any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Railroad: shall mean any steam, electric, diesel electric, or other railroad or railway which carries passengers for hire. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Temporary: shall mean no more than forty-eight hours. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• unit: means the insurance fraud investigation unit within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1421
• User: means a person who, as an ultimate consumer of an explosive, purchases the same from a dealer-distributor or manufacturer or means a dealer or manufacturer who uses an explosive as an ultimate consumer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1472.2
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.