Judiciary of Texas

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branch of government state court system

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Texas judicial system 4
Texas judiciary 4
Judiciary of Texas canonical 2

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 state law ⓘ
surface form: Texas statutes
constitutionalBasis Texas Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Texas Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Texas

Texas County Courts ⓘ
surface form: Texas Constitutional County Courts

Texas County Courts ⓘ
Texas County Courts ⓘ
surface form: Texas County Courts at Law

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 Texas Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Texas

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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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 → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judicial branch
Office of the Governor of Texas → associatedWith → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judiciary
Article I → bindingOn → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Article I of the Texas Constitution
this entity surface form: Texas judiciary
Constitution of 1866 (Texas) → subjectHasRole → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judiciary
Texas Municipal Courts → partOf → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judicial system
Texas Justice of the Peace Courts → partOf → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judicial system
Texas County Courts → partOf → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judicial system
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court → isHighestRankingJudicialOfficerIn → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judiciary
Texas CCA → partOf → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas judicial system
18th Judicial District of Texas → courtSystem → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
Upton County → judicialDistrict → Judiciary of Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas state judicial system