Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 58.106

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011

This subchapter does not prohibit the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from disclosing a victim’s identifying information to an employee of the department or the department’s ombudsperson if the victim is an inmate or state jail defendant confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the department.