Judicial branch of Texas

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The Judicial branch of Texas is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting and applying Texas law, resolving legal disputes, and ensuring justice under the Texas Constitution.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
appliesLawOf Texas ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article V of the Texas Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employs court clerks ⓘ
court staff ⓘ
judges ⓘ
justices ⓘ
ensures due process under Texas law ⓘ
protection of legal rights in Texas ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court

Texas Constitutional County Courts ⓘ
linked to: Texas County Courts

Texas County Courts ⓘ
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ
Texas District Courts ⓘ
Texas Justice of the Peace Courts ⓘ
Texas Municipal Courts ⓘ
Texas Statutory County Courts ⓘ
linked to: Texas County Courts

Texas Statutory Probate Courts ⓘ
hasFunction ensure justice under Texas law ⓘ
judicial review of state laws and actions ⓘ
resolve legal disputes in Texas ⓘ
hasJurisdiction civil cases under Texas law ⓘ
criminal cases under Texas law ⓘ
family law matters in Texas ⓘ
juvenile matters in Texas ⓘ
probate matters in Texas ⓘ
hasNumberOfCourtOfCriminalAppealsJudges 9 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSupremeCourtJustices 9 ⓘ
hasPower conduct trials ⓘ
hear appeals ⓘ
issue writs ⓘ
highestCivilCourt Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court
highestCriminalCourt Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
interprets Texas Constitution ⓘ
Texas statutes ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystemType common law system ⓘ
oversees administration of state courts ⓘ
partOf Government of Texas ⓘ
relatedTo Executive branch of Texas ⓘ
Legislative branch of Texas ⓘ
selectionMethodForJudges partisan election ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
termLengthCourtOfCriminalAppealsJudgeYears 6 ⓘ
termLengthSupremeCourtJusticeYears 6 ⓘ
uses Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
Texas Rules of Evidence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Texas → hasBranch → Judicial branch of Texas ⓘ
Texas Courts of Appeals → partOf → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Texas District Courts → partOf → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Texas courts → branchOfGovernment → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Texas courts → overseenBy → Texas Judicial Branch ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court → symbolicHeadOf → Texas judicial branch ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
State Bar of Texas → parentOrganization → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Supreme Court Building, Austin → operatedBy → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Texas Office of Court Administration → jurisdiction → Texas judicial branch ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Texas Office of Court Administration → partOf → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Article V of the Texas Constitution → jurisdiction → judicial branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Article V of the Texas Constitution → subject → Texas judicial branch ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Executive branch of the Republic of Texas → coequalBranchWith → Judicial branch of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
Texas Specialty Courts → overseenBy → Texas Judicial Branch ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas
District Court of Harris County, Texas → partOf → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judicial branch of Texas