Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.12 · Chapter 21. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION
SPECIAL AND GENERAL TERMS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When a statute defining any offense uses special or particular terms, indictment on it may use the general term which, in common language, embraces the special term. To charge an unlawful sale, it is necessary to name the purchaser.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.21.htm
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