Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 64 > Subchapter B - Qualifications, Oath, and Bond

• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• sworn: includes affirm or affirmed. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.