Texas Family Code Chapter 85 > Subchapter D – Relationship Between Protective Order and Suit for Dissolution of Marriage and Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship
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- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.