Terms Used In Texas Government Code Chapter 772 - Governmental Planning

• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• 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.