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2. Law of Texas - Wikipedia

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   The de facto codifications are Vernon's Texas Statutes Annotated and Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, commonly known as Vernon's. [4] [6] The unannotated constitution, codes, and statutes can also be accessed online through a website of the Texas Legislative Council. [6] Gammel's Laws of Texas contains relevant legislation from 1822-1897. [7]

3. LGBTQ rights in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Texas has a hate crime statute that strengthens penalties for certain crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation, although crimes are rarely prosecuted under the statute. The law does not cover gender identity. [5] While some localities in Texas have ordinances that provide a variety of legal protections and benefits to LGBTQ people ...

4. Texas Legal Services Center - Wikipedia

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   The Legal Hotline for Texans was the first program created by Texas Legal Services Center that directly assisted Texans with legal issues. On May 1, 1989, the "Legal Hotline for Older Texans" was started as a novel concept by providing legal advice to clients whom the attorney never met in person.

5. Texas Statutes - Wikipedia

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   The Texas Statutes or Texas Codes are the collection of the Texas Legislature's statutes: the Revised Civil Statutes, Penal Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure ...

6. Legal aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Legal aid for civil cases is currently provided by a variety of public interest law firms and community legal clinics, who often have "legal aid" or "legal services" in their names. Public interest practice emerged from the goal of promoting access to equal justice for the poor and this was inspired from the legal services disparity amongst ...

7. Are citizens’ arrests legal in Texas? State law is blurry and ...

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   Texas law states: “A peace officer or any other person, may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the offense is committed in his presence or within his view, if the offense is one classed ...

8. Texas ‘mutual combat’ law allows settling scores with fists ...

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   The statute is in the Texas Penal Code section 22.06. It boils down to this : Someone charged with assault can point to the victim’s consent to fight as a defense if:

9. List of U.S. state statutory codes - Wikipedia

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   California, New York, and Texas use separate subject-specific codes (or in New York's case, "Consolidated Laws") which must be separately cited by name. Louisiana has both five subject-specific codes and a set of Revised Statutes divided into numbered titles.