Objections at trial

Tex. R. Evid. 204 — Judicial Notice of Texas Municipal and County Ordinances, Texas Register

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Contents, and Published Agency Rules ARTICLE III. PRESUMPTIONS Rule 301. [No Rules Adopted at This Time] ARTICLE IV. RELEVANCE AND ITS LIMITS Rule 401. Test for Relevant Evidence Rule 402. General Admissibility of Relevant Evidence Rule 403. Excluding Relevant Evidence for Prejudice, Confusion, or Other Reasons Rule 404. Character Evidence; Crimes or Other Acts Rule 405. Methods of Proving Character Rule 406. Habit; Routine Practice Rule 407. Subsequent Remedial Measures; Notification of Defect Rule 408. Compromise Offers and Negotiations Rule 409. Offers to Pay Medical and Similar Expenses Rule 410. Pleas, Plea Discussions, and Related Statements Rule 411. Liability Insurance

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 32 — Using Depositions in Court Proceedings

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(c) Form of Presentation. Unless the court orders otherwise, a party must provide a transcript of any deposition testimony the party offers, but may provide the court with the testimony in nontranscript form as well. On any party's request, deposition testimony offered in a jury trial for any purpose other than impeachment must be presented in nontranscript form, if available, unless the court for good cause orders otherwise. (d) Waiver of Objections. (1) To the Notice. An objection to an error or irregularity in a deposition notice is waived unless promptly served in writing on the party giving the notice. (2) To the Officer's Qualification. An objection based on disqualification of the officer before whom a deposition is to be taken is waived if not made: (A) before the deposition begins; or (B) promptly after the basis for disqualification becomes known or, with reasonable diligence, could have been known. (3) To the Taking of the Deposition. (A) Objection to Competence, Relevance, or Materiality. An objection to a deponent's competence—or to the competence, relevance, or materiality of testimony—is not waived by a failure to make the objection before or during the deposition, unless the ground for it might have been corrected at that time. (B) Objection to an Error or Irregularity. An objection to an error or irregularity at an oral examination is waived if: (i) it relates …

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Tex. R. Civ. P. 193 — Written Discovery: Response; Objection; Assertion Of

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(1) there was good cause for the failure to timely make, amend, or supplement the discovery response; or (2) the failure to timely make, amend, or supplement the discovery response will not unfairly surprise or unfairly prejudice the other parties. (b) Burden of establishing exception. The burden of establishing good cause or the lack of unfair surprise or unfair prejudice is on the party seeking to introduce the evidence or call the witness. A finding of good cause or of the lack of unfair surprise or unfair prejudice must be supported by the record. (c) Continuance. Even if the party seeking to introduce the evidence or call the witness fails to carry the burden under paragraph (b), the court may grant a continuance or temporarily postpone the trial to allow a response to be made, amended, or supplemented, and to allow opposing parties to conduct discovery regarding any new information presented by that response. 193.7 Production of Documents Self-Authenticating A party's production of a document in response to written discovery authenticates the document for use against that party in any pretrial proceeding or at trial unless - within ten days or a longer or shorter time ordered by the court, after the producing party has actual notice that the document will be used - the party objects to the authenticity of the document, or any part of it, stating the specific…

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Tex. R. App. P. 33 — Preservation of Appellate Complaints court are excessive or inadequate, as

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distinguished from a complaint that the trial 33.1. Preservation; How Shown court erred in refusing to amend a fact finding or to make an additional finding of fact - may (a) In General. As a prerequisite to presenting a be made for the first time on appeal in the complaint for appellate review, the record complaining party’s brief. must show that: 33.2. Formal Bills of Exception (1) the complaint was made to the trial court by a timely request, objection, or motion To complain on appeal about a matter that would that: not otherwise appear in the record, a party must file a formal bill of exception. with the trial court clerk the bill that was (a) Form. No particular form of words is rejected by the judge. That party must required in a bill of exception. But the also file the affidavits of at least three objection to the court's ruling or action, and people who observed the matter to which the ruling complained of, must be stated with the bill of exception is addressed. The sufficient specificity to make the trial court affidavits must attest to the correctness aware of the complaint. …

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