Terms Used In Texas Government Code Chapter 840 > Subchapter C - Officers and Employees of Board of Trustees

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• sworn: includes affirm or affirmed. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005