Statist
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government. STATU LIBERI (Lat.). In Louisiana. dition which was not fulfilled, or in a certain event which had not happened, but who In the meantime remained in the state of slavery.
La. Civ. Code, art 37. See Valsain v. Cloutier, 3 La. 176, 22 Am. Dec. 179: Moosa v. Allain, 4 Mart. (N. S. La.) 102.
This is substantially the definition of the civil law.
Hist. la Jur. 1. 40; Dig. 40. 7. 1; Code 7. 2. 13.