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Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 71.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 71.001Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 71. WRONGFUL DEATH; SURVIVAL; INJURIES OCCURRING OUT OF STATE · Art. A. WRONGFUL DEATH

Statute text

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In this subchapter:
(1)"Corporation" means a municipal, private, public, or quasi-public corporation other than a county or a common or independent school district.
(2)"Person" means an individual, association of individuals, joint-stock company, or corporation or a trustee or receiver of an individual, association of individuals, joint-stock company, or corporation.
(3)"Death" includes, for an individual who is an unborn child, the failure to be born alive.
(4)"Individual" includes an unborn child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Source: Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.001 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.