Texas District Courts

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court of general jurisdiction state trial court system

Texas District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in Texas, handling major civil and criminal cases across the state’s judicial districts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Texas district courts	4
Texas District Courts canonical	3
District Courts of Texas	1
State of Texas judicial district system	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ state trial court system ⓘ
alsoFundedBy	county governments ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of Texas in civil cases ⓘ Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in criminal cases ⓘ Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
canConduct	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ
canIssue	injunctions ⓘ writs of habeas corpus ⓘ writs of mandamus in aid of jurisdiction ⓘ
canUse	grand juries in criminal matters ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fundedBy	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
governingStatute	Texas Government Code ⓘ surface form: Texas Government Code Chapter 24 Texas Government Code ⓘ surface form: Texas Government Code Title 2 Subtitle A
hasJurisdiction	appeals from justice courts in some instances ⓘ cases involving title to land ⓘ child custody cases ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ divorce cases ⓘ election contests ⓘ family law cases ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ juvenile delinquency cases ⓘ juvenile matters ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ probate matters in some counties ⓘ suits on behalf of the State of Texas ⓘ
hasOfficer	bailiff ⓘ court reporter ⓘ district clerk ⓘ
hasSeat	each county in Texas has at least one district court ⓘ
headedByOffice	district judge ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	voters of the district ⓘ
judgeSelectionMethod	partisan election ⓘ
judgeTermLength	4 years ⓘ
languageOfCourt	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Texas Constitution ⓘ Article V of the Texas Constitution ⓘ surface form: Texas Constitution Article V Texas Government Code ⓘ
mayServe	multiple counties ⓘ single county ⓘ
numberOfCourts	over 450 district courts ⓘ
organizedBy	judicial districts ⓘ
partOf	Judicial branch of Texas ⓘ surface form: Judicial Branch of Texas Texas courts ⓘ surface form: Texas court system
relatedTo	Texas County Courts ⓘ surface form: Texas County Courts at Law Texas Justice Courts ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Government of Texas → hasCourt → Texas District Courts ⓘ

Article V → governs → Texas District Courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Article V of the Texas Constitution

this entity surface form: District Courts of Texas

Judicial branch of Texas → hasCourt → Texas District Courts ⓘ

Judiciary of Texas → hasComponentCourt → Texas District Courts ⓘ

Texas Courts of Appeals → above → Texas District Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas district courts

Texas state law → trialCourtsInclude → Texas District Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas district courts

Texas courts → hasTrialCourt → Texas District Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas district courts

Article V of the Texas Constitution → defines → Texas District Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas district courts

Fort Bend County, Texas → partOf → Texas District Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Texas judicial district system