Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 16.10 – Attachment for Witness
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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 16.10
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
The magistrate has the power in all cases, where a witness resides or is in the county where the prosecution is pending, to issue an attachment for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of such witness; this he may do without having previously issued a subpoena for that purpose.