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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 123.001

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Carver Dan Peavy

Most recently applied in City of Oak Ridge North v. Mendes (March 2011)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff

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In this chapter:

(1) "Communication" means speech uttered by a person or information including speech that is transmitted in whole or in part with the aid of a wire or cable.

(2) "Interception" means the aural acquisition of the contents of a communication through the use of an interception device that is made without the consent of a party to the communication, but does not include the ordinary use of:

(A) a telephone or telegraph instrument or facility or telephone and telegraph equipment;

(B) a hearing aid designed to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal;

(C) a radio, television, or other wireless receiver; or

(D) a cable system that relays a public wireless broadcast from a common antenna to a receiver.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.