Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 14.002 – Scope of Chapter
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(a) This chapter applies only to an action, including an appeal or original proceeding, brought by an inmate in a district, county, justice of the peace, or small claims court or an appellate court, including the supreme court or the court of criminal appeals, in which an affidavit or unsworn declaration of inability to pay costs is filed by the inmate.
(b) This chapter does not apply to an action brought under the Family Code.
Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 14.002
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011