Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code Chapter 1083 > Subchapter F - Taxes

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. ^{Source: OCC}