Tex. Gov't Code § 312.002 · Subchapter A. CONSTRUCTION RULES FOR CIVIL STATUTES
MEANING OF WORDS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), words shall be given their ordinary meaning.
(b) If a word is connected with and used with reference to a particular trade or subject matter or is used as a word of art, the word shall have the meaning given by experts in the particular trade, subject matter, or art.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.312.htm
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- sha256 9463c61122896c9910708a6de652f102e06062dba81ef77f9f373d67a9389c2c
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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