TEEX Code Enforcement Exam Study Guide.

TEEX Code Enforcement Exam Study Guide. Absolute Immunity - answerThe status of a person or body that places one beyond the law and makes one free from legal obligations. Affiant - answerThe person who makes and subscribes an affidavit. Affidavit - answerA voluntary, written or printed declaration of facts, confirmed by oath of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath. Civil Action - answerlegal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) Defamation - answerThat which tends to injure a person's reputation. Dillon's Rule - answerMunicipal governments only have the powers that are expressly granted to them by the state legislature, those that are necessarily implied from that grant of power, and those that are essential and indispensable to the municipality's existence Enabling Legislation - answerThe act of giving or enacting laws; the power to make laws via legislation in contrast to court-made laws. General Law City - answerCities operate under the laws of the state with some exceptions to those laws. Home Rule City - answerThe power of a city to govern itself so long as charter provisions or ordinances are not inconsistent with state law. Home Rule Charter - answerOrganizational plan or framework of a municipal corporation like a constitution of a state or nation; it is drawn up by the municipality and adopted by popular vote of the people. Injunction - answera judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity Libel - answerPublished defamation which tends to injure a person's reputation. Lien - answerAn encumbrance or legal burden upon property. Lis Pendens - answerA pending lawsuit.