TX · rules
Tex. R. Civ. P. 687
Requisites of Writ
The writ of injunction shall be sufficient if it contains substantially the following requisites:
(a) Its style shall be, “The State of Texas.”
(b) It shall be directed to the person or persons enjoined.
(c) It must state the names of the parties to the proceedings, plaintiff and defendant,
and the nature of the plaintiff's application, with the action of the judge thereon.
(d) It must command the person or persons to whom it is directed to desist and refrain
from the commission or continuance of the act enjoined, or to obey and execute
such order as the judge has seen proper to make.
(e) If it is a temporary restraining order, it shall state the day and time set for hearing,
which shall not exceed fourteen days from the date of the court's order granting
such temporary restraining order; but if it is a temporary injunction, issued after
notice, it shall be made returnable at or before ten o'clock a.m. of the Monday next
after the expiration of twenty days from the date of service thereof, as in the case
of ordinary citations.
(f) It shall be dated and signed by the clerk officially and attested with the seal of his
office and the date of its issuance must be indorsed thereon.
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