§ Art. 4704 Definitions

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Art. 4704. Definitions

    Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this Title the following terms have the following meanings:

    “Lease” means any oral or written lease, and includes a sublease;

    “Lessee” includes a sublessee, whether the person seeking to evict is a lessor or sublessor; and an assignee of a lessee;

    “Lessor” includes a sublessor, assignee, or transferee;

    “Occupant” includes a sharecropper; half hand; day laborer; former owner; and any person occupying immovable property by permission or accommodation of the owner, former owner, or another occupant, except a mineral lessee, owner of a mineral servitude, or a lessee of the owner;

    “Owner” includes a lessee; and

    “Premises” includes the land and all buildings and improvements thereon leased by a tenant, or possessed by an occupant.