Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 285 > Subchapter K - Dissolution of Hospital District

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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.
• Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005