Texas Constitution

Adopted by Constitutional Convention November 24, 1875

Ratified by vote of the People February 14, 1876

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Article V. Judicial Department

Judicial power; courts in which vested

Retirement, censure, removal, and compensation of justices and judges; state commission on judicial conduct; procedure

Supreme court; justices; sections; eligibility; election; vacancies

Jurisdiction of supreme court; writs; clerk

Repealed

Appeal from order granting or denying injunction

Jurisdiction to answer questions of state law certified from federal appellate court

Court of criminal appeals; judges

Jurisdiction of court of criminal appeals; terms of court; clerk

Supreme court, court of criminal appeals, court of appeals; clerk of court; terms

Supreme court, court of criminal appeals; location; term

Courts of appeals; terms of justices; clerks

Judicial districts; district judges; terms or sessions; absence, disability, or disqualification of judge

Judicial districts board; reapportionment of judicial districts

Jurisdiction of district court

Clerk of district court

Trial by jury

Disqualification of judges; exchange of districts; holding court for other judges

Judges to be conservators of the peace; indictments and information

Number of grand and petit jurors; number concurring

Juror qualifications

County court; county judge

County courts; jurisdiction; disqualification of judge

Repealed

Terms of county court; prosecutions; juries

Division of counties into precincts; election of constable and justice of the peace; county commissioners and county commissioners court

Justices of the peace; jurisdiction; ex officio notaries public

County clerk

County attorneys; district attorneys

Repealed