Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 51, § 1402. Definitions

(1) “Consumer” means any person who uses, purchases, or leases goods or services.

(2) “Consumer interest” means those acts, practices, or methods that affect the economic welfare of a consumer.

(3) “Consumer transaction” means any transaction involving trade or commerce to a natural person, the subject of which transaction is primarily intended for personal, family, or household use.

(4) “Documentary material” means the original or a copy of any book, record, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, map, chart, photograph, mechanical transcription, or other tangible document or recording, wherever situated.

(5) “Elder person” means any person sixty-five years of age or older.

(6) “Examination” of documentary material includes the inspection, study, or copying of any such material and the taking of testimony under oath or acknowledgment in respect to any such documentary material or copy thereof.

(7) “Knowingly” means that the act or practice used was such that a reasonably prudent businessman knew or should have known that the act or practice was a violation of this Chapter.

(8) “Person” means a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal entity.

(9) “Person with a disability” means a person with a mental, physical, or developmental disability that substantially impairs that person's ability to provide adequately for his own care or protection.