Terms Used In Texas Government Code 74.251

  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a criminal matter;
(2) a case in which judicial review is sought under Subchapter G, Chapter 2001; or
(3) a case that has been transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation to a district court for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings under Subchapter H.