TX · rules
Tex. R. App. P. 3.1
Definitions
(a) Appellant means a party taking an appeal to
an appellate court.
(b) Appellate court means the courts of appeals,
the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the
Supreme Court.
(c) Appellee means a party adverse to an
appellant.
(d) Applicant means a person seeking relief by a
habeas corpus in a criminal case;
(e) Petitioner means a party petitioning the
Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal
Appeals for review.
(f) Relator means a person seeking relief in an
original proceeding in an appellate court
other than by habeas corpus in a criminal
case.
(g) Reporter or court reporter means the court
reporter or court recorder.
(h) Respondent means:
(1) a party adverse to a petitioner in the
Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal
Appeals; or
(2) a party against whom relief is sought in
an original proceeding in an appellate
court.
History
Notes and Comments Comment to 1997 change: The definition of court below and the reference to “suing out a writ of error to the court of appeals,” are deleted as those terms are no longer used in these rules. Other changes are made.
Provenance
- Source
- txcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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