Sections
Subchapter A General Provisions 53.001 – 53.003
Subchapter B Ineligibility for License 53.021 – 53.026
Subchapter C Notice and Review of Suspension, Revocation, or Denial of License 53.051 – 53.052
Subchapter D Preliminary Evaluation of License Eligibility 53.101 – 53.105
Subchapter E Notice of Potential Ineligibility for License 53.151 – 53.153

Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code Chapter 53 - Consequences of Criminal Conviction

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Swear: includes affirm. See Texas Government Code 311.005