A judge of a district court may, either in termtime or vacation, grant writs of mandamus, injunction, sequestration, attachment, garnishment, certiorari, and supersedeas and all other writs necessary to the enforcement of the court's jurisdiction.
Tex. Gov't Code § 24.011
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Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Martin v. Texas Board of Criminal Justice (2001)
Most recently applied in in Re Miguel Zaragoza Fuentes and in Re Elsa Esther Carrillo Anchondo and Eagle Ridge Properties, LLC, Relators (July 2017)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.