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Texas Government Code - Section 22.221. Writ Power

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§ 22.221. WRIT POWER.  (a) Each court of appeals or a 
justice of a court of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus and all 
other writs necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of the court.
	(b)  Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district 
may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law 
regulating those writs, against a:
		(1)  judge of a district or county court in the court of 
appeals district;  or
		(2)  judge of a district court who is acting as a 
magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52, Code of Criminal 
Procedure, in the court of appeals district.
	(c)  Repealed by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § 2.03, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
	(d)  Concurrently with the supreme court, the court of 
appeals of a court of appeals district in which a person is 
restrained in his liberty, or a justice of the court of appeals, may 
issue a writ of habeas corpus when it appears that the restraint of 
liberty is by virtue of an order, process, or commitment issued by a 
court or judge because of the violation of an order, judgment, or 
decree previously made, rendered, or entered by the court or judge 
in a civil case.  Pending the hearing of an application for a writ of 
habeas corpus, the court of appeals or a justice of the court of 
appeals may admit to bail a person to whom the writ of habeas corpus 
may be granted.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended 
by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 69, § 1, eff. May 6, 1987;  Acts 
1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § 1.35, 2.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 
1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 58, § 1, eff. May 2, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th 
Leg., ch. 839, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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