TX CSR WKT - Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure Exam Questions and
Answers
may promulgate rules governing its practice that are not inconsistent with these rules. -
Answers -A court of appeals
Local rules governing civil cases must first be approved by the - Answers -Supreme
Court.
Local rules governing criminal cases must first be approved by the ____. - Answers -
Court of Criminal Appeals.
must provide a copy of the court's local rules to anyone who requests it. - Answers -The
clerk
A court must not dismiss an appeal for noncompliance with a local rule without giving
the noncomplying party notice and a reasonable opportunity to - Answers -cure the
noncompliance
An appellate court may suspend a rule's operation in a particular case and order a
different procedure on a party's motion or on - Answers -its own initiative
Suspension of Rule: A court must not construe this rule to suspend any provision in the
Code of Criminal Procedure or alter the ____ - Answers -time for perfecting an appeal in
a civil case
Appellant - Answers -a party taking an appeal to an appellste court.
Notice of Bankruptcy must contain the bankruptcy proceeding's style and ___ - Answers
-case number
Notice of Bankruptcy must contain the date when the bankruptcy petition was ___ -
Answers -filed
A bankruptcy suspends the appeal and all periods in these rules from the date when the
bankruptcy petition is filed until the appellate court _____ the appeal in accordance with
federal law. - Answers -reinstates or severs
, Effect of Bankruptcy: A period that began to run and had not expired at the time the
proceeding was suspended begins anew when The proceeding is ____ under 8.3. -
Answers -reinstated or severed
Appellate court - Answers -the courts of appeals, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the
Supreme Court.
Appellee - Answers -a party adverse to an appellant.
Applicant - Answers -a person seeking relief by a habeas in a criminal case
Petitioner - Answers -a party petitioning the Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal
Appeals for review.
Relator - Answers -a person seeking relief in an original procceding in an appellate
court other than by habeas corpus in a criminal case.
Reporter or court reporter - Answers -the court reporter or court recorder.
Respondent - Answers -a party adverse to a petitioner in the Supreme Court or the
Court of Criminal Appeals; or party against whom relief is sought in an original
proceeding in an appellate court.
Computing Time In General. The day of an act, event, or default after which a
designated period begins to run _________ when computing a period prescribed or
allowed by these rules, by court order, or by statute. - Answers -is not included
Computing Time In General. The last day of the period is included, but if that day is a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period extends to ____ - Answers -the end of
the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday
Computing Time Clerk's Office Closed Inaccessible: If the act to be done is filing a
document, and if the clerk's office where the document is to be filed is closed or
inaccessible during regular hours on the last day for filing the document, the period for
filing the document extends to - Answers -the end of the next day when the clerk's office
is open and accessible
The closing or inaccessibility of the clerk's office may be proved by ____ and may be
controverted in the same manner. - Answers -a certificate of the clerk or counsel, by a
party's affidavit, or by other satisfactory proof,
If a party affected by a judgment or other appealable order has not within 20 days after
the judgment or order was signed- either received the notice required by Texas Rule of
Civil Procedure 306a.3 or acquired actual knowledge of the signing, then a period that,
under these rules, runs from the signing will begin for that party on the earlier of the
Procedure Exam Questions and
Answers
may promulgate rules governing its practice that are not inconsistent with these rules. -
Answers -A court of appeals
Local rules governing civil cases must first be approved by the - Answers -Supreme
Court.
Local rules governing criminal cases must first be approved by the ____. - Answers -
Court of Criminal Appeals.
must provide a copy of the court's local rules to anyone who requests it. - Answers -The
clerk
A court must not dismiss an appeal for noncompliance with a local rule without giving
the noncomplying party notice and a reasonable opportunity to - Answers -cure the
noncompliance
An appellate court may suspend a rule's operation in a particular case and order a
different procedure on a party's motion or on - Answers -its own initiative
Suspension of Rule: A court must not construe this rule to suspend any provision in the
Code of Criminal Procedure or alter the ____ - Answers -time for perfecting an appeal in
a civil case
Appellant - Answers -a party taking an appeal to an appellste court.
Notice of Bankruptcy must contain the bankruptcy proceeding's style and ___ - Answers
-case number
Notice of Bankruptcy must contain the date when the bankruptcy petition was ___ -
Answers -filed
A bankruptcy suspends the appeal and all periods in these rules from the date when the
bankruptcy petition is filed until the appellate court _____ the appeal in accordance with
federal law. - Answers -reinstates or severs
, Effect of Bankruptcy: A period that began to run and had not expired at the time the
proceeding was suspended begins anew when The proceeding is ____ under 8.3. -
Answers -reinstated or severed
Appellate court - Answers -the courts of appeals, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the
Supreme Court.
Appellee - Answers -a party adverse to an appellant.
Applicant - Answers -a person seeking relief by a habeas in a criminal case
Petitioner - Answers -a party petitioning the Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal
Appeals for review.
Relator - Answers -a person seeking relief in an original procceding in an appellate
court other than by habeas corpus in a criminal case.
Reporter or court reporter - Answers -the court reporter or court recorder.
Respondent - Answers -a party adverse to a petitioner in the Supreme Court or the
Court of Criminal Appeals; or party against whom relief is sought in an original
proceeding in an appellate court.
Computing Time In General. The day of an act, event, or default after which a
designated period begins to run _________ when computing a period prescribed or
allowed by these rules, by court order, or by statute. - Answers -is not included
Computing Time In General. The last day of the period is included, but if that day is a
Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period extends to ____ - Answers -the end of
the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday
Computing Time Clerk's Office Closed Inaccessible: If the act to be done is filing a
document, and if the clerk's office where the document is to be filed is closed or
inaccessible during regular hours on the last day for filing the document, the period for
filing the document extends to - Answers -the end of the next day when the clerk's office
is open and accessible
The closing or inaccessibility of the clerk's office may be proved by ____ and may be
controverted in the same manner. - Answers -a certificate of the clerk or counsel, by a
party's affidavit, or by other satisfactory proof,
If a party affected by a judgment or other appealable order has not within 20 days after
the judgment or order was signed- either received the notice required by Texas Rule of
Civil Procedure 306a.3 or acquired actual knowledge of the signing, then a period that,
under these rules, runs from the signing will begin for that party on the earlier of the
