Texas Insurance Code Chapter 1701 – Policy Forms
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Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code Chapter 1701 - Policy Forms
- Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.