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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.21

CONSTRUCTIVE CUSTODY

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.

The words "confined", "imprisoned", "in custody", "confinement", "imprisonment", refer not only to the actual, corporeal and forcible detention of a person, but likewise to any coercive measures by threats, menaces or the fear of injury, whereby one person exercises a control over the person of another, and detains him within certain limits.

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