Terms Used In Texas Government Code Chapter 752 > Subchapter C - Enforcement of State and Federal Immigration Laws by Local Entities and Campus Police Departments

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• sworn: includes affirm or affirmed. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005