Texas Insurance Code > Title 10 > Subtitle G – Pools, Groups, Plans, and Self-Insurance
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code > Title 10 > Subtitle G - Pools, Groups, Plans, and Self-Insurance
- Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
- Asset forfeiture: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Capital offense: A crime punishable by death.
- Circumstantial evidence: All evidence except eyewitness testimony.
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
- Federal public defender: An attorney employed by the federal courts on a full-time basis to provide legal defense to defendants who are unable to afford counsel. The judiciary administers the federal defender program pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act. Source: U.S. Courts
- Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
- Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
- Land commissioner: means the Commissioner of the General Land Office. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
- Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
- Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
- Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.