ADAC-Legal-US-LA 0.9.0-draft.1 — Field Vocabulary Guide (Practitioner Edition)

Audience: Louisiana attorneys, notarial practitioners, succession and records professionals

This guide explains the Louisiana-specific subset of the US jurisdiction profile.

1. Inheritance

A us-la matter uses:

Use us-la when Louisiana civil-law, parish, notarial, or succession concepts materially govern the matter.

Term	Meaning in Practice	Use When
`authenticAct`	Notarial instrument with special evidentiary force.	Louisiana authentic-act doctrine matters.
`notarialAct`	Louisiana notarial act category.	A general Louisiana notarial label is sufficient.
`actOfSale`	Notarial sale transfer of immovable property.	Real-property sale instrument.
`actOfDonation`	Notarial donation instrument.	Inter vivos donation transaction.
`olographicTestament`	Handwritten dated signed will.	The testament is holographic.
`mysticTestament`	Sealed testament form.	The testament is in mystic form.
`successionsPetition`	Petition opening succession proceedings.	The matter begins a Louisiana succession.
`judgmentOfPossession`	Judgment placing heirs into possession.	The key Louisiana succession closing instrument is involved.
`tutorshipPetition`	Petition for minor tutorship.	Louisiana tutorship process applies.
`interdictionPetition`	Petition for adult interdiction.	Louisiana interdiction process applies.
`reconventionalDemand`	Louisiana counterclaim pleading.	Louisiana procedural terminology should be preserved.
`exceptionPleading`	Procedural exception pleading.	Louisiana exception practice is being documented.

Term	Meaning in Practice
`successions`	Louisiana succession proceeding.
`tutorship`	Louisiana tutorship matter.
`interdiction`	Louisiana interdiction matter.
`concursus`	Louisiana interpleader-like concursus.
`partition`	Judicial partition matter.
`expropriation`	Expropriation / eminent-domain matter.
`executoryProceeding`	Executory enforcement proceeding.

Term	Meaning in Practice
`recordedConveyanceOffice`	Recorded in parish conveyance office.
`recordedMortgageOffice`	Recorded in parish mortgage office.
`depositedNotarialArchive`	Deposited in parish notarial archive.

Term	Meaning in Practice
`juvenileRecordLouisiana`	Louisiana-specific juvenile confidentiality protection.

Prefer successions over base succession when the matter is specifically Louisiana succession practice.
Prefer authenticAct or actOfSale over generic notarialAct when the local distinction matters.
Treat us-la as a subset of us, not as a separate unrelated branch.