A defendant's written answer responding to a plaintiff's Statement of Claim where the defendant addresses each issue and either admits or denies each claim. This identifies which issues the defendant concedes and which the defendant wishes to litigate and which defenses the defendant will assert at trial. … [Read more...]

in Louisiana. Slaves for a time, who have acquired the right of being free at a time to come, or on a condition which is not fulfilled, or in a certain event which has not happened, but who, in the mean time, remain in a state of slavery. … [Read more...]

The formal presentation of the facts in the case by a plaintiff. … [Read more...]

The condition of persons. It also means estate, because it signifies the condition or circumstances in which the owner stands with regard to his property. This may also refer to immigration, being the visa category that an immigrant is assigned and the privileges provided, for example, being given a student visa or being a green card holder and having permanent resident status. … [Read more...]

(A) To make known specifically; to explain particularly; as, to state an account, or to show the different items of an account; to state the cause of action in a declaration. (B) government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do … [Read more...]