§ 105.001 Definitions
§ 105.002 Recovery of Fees, Expenses, and Attorney’s Fees for Frivolous Claim
§ 105.003 Motion of Frivolous Claim
§ 105.004 Payment of Costs
§ 105.005 Recovery of Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Frivolous Regulatory Action
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Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 105 - Frivolous Claim or Regulatory Action by State Agency

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.