§ 53.001 Enforcement of Judge’s Orders
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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code Chapter 53 > Subchapter A - Enforcement of Orders

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Judge: means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is:
    (1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
    (2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise probate jurisdiction; or
    (3) a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter. See Texas Estates Code 22.019
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005