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Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 14 (view source)
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* ''Gentry v. Griffith, Hyatt & Co.'', 27 Tex. 461, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/ | * ''Gentry v. Griffith, Hyatt & Co.'', 27 Tex. 461, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/027_Tex_461.pdf#page=2 462-63] (1864) ("If it had been intended to prohibit service of citations in civil actions upon members during their attendance upon the legislature, it would have been said in the constitution, that they should be exempt from 'actions,' 'suits,' 'citations,' 'process,' . . . A good many authorities have been cited to sustain the construction contended for by the appellant; but an examination of such of them as are accessible to us, shows that they were adjudicated where the common law furnished the rule by which the extent of parliamentary privilege is tested, or where civil actions are instituted by an arrest of the person of the defendant.") | ||
|seo_title=Article III, Section 14 of the Texas Constitution ("Privilege from Arrest during Legislative Session") | |||
|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 14, Texas Legislature, legislative privilege | |||
|seo_description=The legislative power of Texas is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives. | |||
|seo_image=Texas_Constitution_of_1876_Article_3.jpg | |||
|seo_image_alt=Article III: Legislative Department | |||
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