Judiciary of Texas

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The Judiciary of Texas is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting and applying Texas law through a complex structure of trial and appellate courts, including two courts of last resort.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
state court system ⓘ
appliesLawOf Texas ⓘ
branchOf Government of Texas ⓘ
canDeclare state laws unconstitutional under Texas Constitution ⓘ
canInterpret Texas Constitution ⓘ
Texas statutes ⓘ
linked to: Texas state law
constitutionalBasis Texas Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electsJudgesBy partisan elections ⓘ
employs judges ⓘ
justices ⓘ
magistrates ⓘ
handles civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
family law cases ⓘ
juvenile cases ⓘ
probate cases ⓘ
hasAdministrativeBody Texas Office of Court Administration ⓘ
hasAlternativeDisputeResolution arbitration programs ⓘ
mediation programs ⓘ
hasComponentCourt Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court

Texas Constitutional County Courts ⓘ
linked to: Texas County Courts

Texas County Courts ⓘ
Texas County Courts at Law ⓘ
linked to: 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 Specialty Courts ⓘ
Texas Statutory Probate Courts ⓘ
hasCourtOfLastResort Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
hasJurisdictionIn Texas ⓘ
hasLevel courts of last resort ⓘ
intermediate appellate courts ⓘ
trial courts ⓘ
hasNumberOfCourtsOfLastResort 2 ⓘ
interpretsLawOf Texas ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
overseenBy Supreme Court of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas Supreme Court

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
uses Texas Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
Texas Rules of Evidence ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Government of Texas → judicialBody → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
Texas Government Code → appliesTo → Texas judicial branch ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Office of the Governor of Texas → associatedWith → Texas judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Article I of the Texas Constitution → bindingOn → Texas judiciary ⓘ
subject linked to: Article I
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → subjectHasRole → Texas judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Texas Municipal Courts → partOf → Texas judicial system ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Texas Justice of the Peace Courts → partOf → Texas judicial system ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Texas County Courts → partOf → Texas judicial system ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court → isHighestRankingJudicialOfficerIn → Texas judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Texas CCA → partOf → Texas judicial system ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
18th Judicial District of Texas → courtSystem → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
Upton County → judicialDistrict → Texas state judicial system ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Bexar County District Courts → partOf → Judicial Branch of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas
Nathan L. Hecht → isPartOf → Texas judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Texas