COMMON AND TECHNICAL USAGE OF WORDS
Known as the Code Construction Act
The act spans §§ 311–311 (27 sections).
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Arline v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in Robert Michael Arteaga, Jr. v. State (October 2015)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage.
(b) Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.