§ 21.01 “Indictment”
§ 21.011 Filing of Charging Instrument or Related Document in Electronic Form
§ 21.02 Requisites of an Indictment
§ 21.03 What Should Be Stated
§ 21.04 The Certainty Required
§ 21.05 Particular Intent; Intent to Defraud
§ 21.06 Allegation of Venue
§ 21.07 Allegation of Name
§ 21.08 Allegation of Ownership
§ 21.09 Description of Property
§ 21.10 “Felonious” and “Feloniously”
§ 21.11 Certainty; What Sufficient
§ 21.12 Special and General Terms
§ 21.13 Act With Intent to Commit an Offense
§ 21.14 Perjury and Aggravated Perjury
§ 21.15 Must Allege Acts of Recklessness or Criminal Negligence
§ 21.16 Certain Forms of Indictments
§ 21.17 Following Statutory Words
§ 21.18 Matters of Judicial Notice
§ 21.19 Defects of Form
§ 21.20 “Information”
§ 21.21 Requisites of an Information
§ 21.22 Information Based Upon Complaint
§ 21.23 Rules as to Indictment Apply to Information
§ 21.24 Joinder of Certain Offenses
§ 21.25 When Indictment Has Been Lost, Etc
§ 21.26 Order Transferring Cases
§ 21.27 Causes Transferred to Justice Court
§ 21.28 Duty On Transfer
§ 21.29 Proceedings of Inferior Court
§ 21.30 Cause Improvidently Transferred
§ 21.31 Testing for Aids and Certain Other Diseases

Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 21 - Indictment and Information

  • Affidavit: means a statement in writing of a fact or facts signed by the party making it, sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and officially certified to by the officer under his seal of office. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • sworn: includes affirm or affirmed. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.