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THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION · ARTICLE 5. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
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Sec. 1. JUDICIAL POWER VESTED IN COURTS; LEGISLATIVE POWER REGARDING COURTS.
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Sec. 2. SUPREME COURT; JUSTICES.
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Sec. 3. JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT.
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Sec. 3a. (Repealed Nov.
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Sec. 4. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS; JUDGES.
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Sec. 5. JURISDICTION OF COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.
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Sec. 5a. CLERKS OF APPELLATE COURTS.
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Sec. 5b. SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: LOCATION AND TERM.
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Sec. 6. COURTS OF APPEALS; JUSTICES; JURISDICTION.
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Sec. 7. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; DISTRICT JUDGES; TERMS OR SESSIONS; ABSENCE, DISABILITY, OR DISQUALIFICATION OF DISTRICT JUDGE.
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Sec. 7a. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS BOARD; REAPPORTIONMENT OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
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Sec. 8. JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS.
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Sec. 9. CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.
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Sec. 10. TRIAL BY JURY IN CIVIL CASES.
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Sec. 11. DISQUALIFICATION OF JUDGES; EXCHANGE OF DISTRICTS; HOLDING COURT FOR OTHER JUDGES.
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Sec. 12. JUDGES TO BE CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE; INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATION.
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Sec. 13. GRAND AND PETIT JURIES IN DISTRICT COURTS: COMPOSITION AND VERDICT.
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Sec. 14. JUROR QUALIFICATIONS.
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Sec. 15. COUNTY COURT; COUNTY JUDGE.
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Sec. 16. COUNTY COURTS: JURISDICTION; COUNTY JUDGE POWERS; DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNTY JUDGE.
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Sec. 16a. (Repealed Nov.
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Sec. 17. COUNTY COURT: TERMS, PROSECUTIONS, AND JURIES.
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Sec. 18. DIVISION OF COUNTIES INTO PRECINCTS; JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES; COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
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Sec. 19. JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS; EX OFFICIO NOTARIES PUBLIC.
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Sec. 20. COUNTY CLERK.
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Sec. 21. COUNTY ATTORNEYS; DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
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Sec. 22. (Repealed Nov.
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Sec. 23. SHERIFFS.
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Sec. 24. REMOVAL OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
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Sec. 25. (Repealed Nov.
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Sec. 26. APPEAL BY STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES.
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Sec. 27. (Repealed Nov.
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Sec. 28. VACANCY IN JUDICIAL OFFICE.
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Sec. 29. COUNTY COURTS: TERMS OF COURT; PROBATE BUSINESS.
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Sec. 30. TERM OF OFFICE OF JUDGES OF COUNTY-WIDE COURTS AND OF CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
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Sec. 31. COURT ADMINISTRATION AND RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY.
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Sec. 32. LEGAL CHALLENGES TO CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATE STATUTES.
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