Terms Used In Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 14 > Subchapter C - Licensing

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Consumer: means a person to whom credit is extended in a credit transaction. See Texas Finance Code 347.002
• Credit document: means a written instrument evidencing a credit transaction and includes all written agreements between each consumer and creditor that relate to that transaction. See Texas Finance Code 347.002
• Credit transaction: means :
  (A) any sale, loan, or other transaction involving a retail purchase of a manufactured home and under which a person in a written agreement, including a credit sales contract or loan instrument, grants to another person a purchase money lien on the manufactured home to secure an extension of credit that is:
  (i) subject to a finance charge; or
  (ii) payable in more than four installments, not including a down payment; and
  (B) a lease or bailment described by § 347. See Texas Finance Code 347.002
• Creditor: means a:
  (A) person who extends credit or arranges for the extension of credit in a credit transaction; or
  (B) retailer or broker, as defined by § 1201. See Texas Finance Code 347.002
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Manufactured home: has the meaning assigned by § 1201. See Texas Finance Code 347.002
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}