WHAT THE WORDS MEAN

The one case in which a lessor may take possession without court process, on a reasonable belief the tenant has left, shown by such things as returned keys and removed furnishings.

Also called constitutional carry, permitless carry

The rule that a person 18 or older who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm may carry it concealed without a permit.

Also called marital property

Property acquired during the marriage by either spouse's effort, of which each spouse owns a present undivided half.

Also called carry permit, CHP

A permit from the deputy secretary of public safety services for a person 21 or older who shows competence with a handgun, issued for 5 years at $25 per year.

A marriage the couple chose to make harder to end, dissolved only on listed grounds after counseling.

Also called violent crime

An offense with the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force as an element, or that involves a dangerous weapon, and the more than sixty the code names, from murder to stalking.

Also called guardian of an adult

The person a court appoints to act for an interdict, with reasonable care and in the interdict's best interest.

Also called living will

A written, oral or nonverbal directive, made before two witnesses, that life-sustaining procedures be withheld in a terminal and irreversible condition.

Also called families with children

Having children living with a parent or custodian, a ground on which no one may refuse to rent or sell a home.

Also called hard labor crime

Any crime for which an offender may be sentenced to death or imprisonment at hard labor.

Also called alimony

Support after divorce for a spouse in need who was free from fault, up to one third of the other spouse's net income.

A child 23 or younger at the parent's death, or of any age if permanently incapable of self care, who cannot be left out of a will without just cause.

Also called leaving the scene

Intentionally failing to stop at the scene of an accident, give one's identity, and render reasonable aid.

Also called blow and go

A device on the vehicle that must be installed before a restricted license after a DWI suspension.

Also called chemical test consent

Driving on a public highway is consent to a chemical test of blood, breath or urine if arrested for driving under the influence.

Also called with or without hard labor

The kind of sentence that makes a crime a felony when the law allows it. A crime punished with or without hard labor is a felony, because hard labor is possible.

Also called recording a call, one party consent

Overhearing or recording a wire, electronic or oral communication. It is not unlawful for a party to it, or for someone with a party's prior consent.

Also called adult guardianship

A court's order that an adult who cannot consistently make reasoned decisions be represented by a curator, in full or only in part.

Also called provisional license

The license stage after a learner's license, with a curfew under 17 and a limit on passengers at night.

Also called shared custody

The award the court makes when parents do not agree, unless sole custody in one parent is shown by clear and convincing evidence to serve the child best.

Also called forced portion

The share of an estate the law reserves to forced heirs: one fourth with one forced heir, one half with two or more.

Also called landlord and tenant

The Civil Code's words for the landlord, who gives the use of a thing for a term, and the tenant, who pays rent for it.

Also called power of attorney

A contract giving another person, the mandatary, authority to act for the principal.

Any crime other than a felony.

Also called hair discrimination

Hairstyles such as afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrows and Bantu knots, protected against discrimination in housing and employment.

Also called stand your ground

A person not engaged in unlawful activity, in a place where he has a right to be, may stand his ground and meet force with force, and a jury may not weigh the chance to retreat.

Also called uninsured motorist recovery limit

The rule that an owner or driver without liability coverage cannot recover the first $100,000 of bodily injury or the first $100,000 of property damage from a crash.

Also called witnessed will

A written, dated will executed before a notary and two witnesses and signed by the testator, each witness and the notary.

Also called no insurance notice

The notice an officer issues when a driver cannot show proof of insurance, along with the impound of the vehicle and removal of the plate.

Also called 5 day notice

The written notice a lessor delivers before filing for eviction, allowing not less than 5 days to leave.

Also called handwritten will

A will entirely written, dated and signed in the testator's own handwriting, and subject to no other formality.

Also called DWI, drunk driving

Operating any vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs, or with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or more.

What an employer owes for not paying final wages on time: ninety days' wages or full wages from the demand until payment, whichever is less.

Also called statute of limitations

The Civil Code's word for the time limit after which a claim is barred.

Also called no trespassing paint

Vertical purple marks on trees or posts that warn people off land, at least 8 inches long and an inch wide.

Also called reckless driving

Operating a vehicle in a criminally negligent or reckless manner.

Also called holdover, lease renewal by staying

The renewal of a fixed term lease when the tenant stays on past the term, for a week in most leases, with no notice or objection from either side.

Also called eviction hearing

The summary court proceeding in which the tenant is ordered to show why possession should not be delivered to the lessor, heard no earlier than the third day after service.

Also called lease deposit

Money paid to secure a lease, returned within one month after the lease ends, less what is needed for the tenant's default or unreasonable wear.

What a spouse owned before the community began, and what one spouse receives alone by inheritance or gift.

Also called small estate

A succession of property worth $200,000 or less, which can pass by sworn affidavit without opening a succession in court.

A person who stays on property without any right of possession, ownership, occupancy or lease. Staying after a lawful possessor says to leave is criminal trespass.

Also called estate, probate

The transmission of a deceased person's property to the heirs or legatees, by testament or by law.

Also called SEB

Workers' compensation for an employee who can work but earns less than ninety percent of what was earned before the injury.

Also called temporary license

The receipt an officer issues in place of a seized license after a refusal or a high test, good to drive on for up to 30 days.

Also called life estate

The right to use property and take its fruits while someone else owns it, as a surviving spouse has over the deceased's community share when there are children.

Also called habitability

The lessor's warranty that the home is fit for its purpose and free of defects that prevent that use.