{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-38.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 38.005","heading":"LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.","body":"This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purposes.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS","CHAPTER 38. ATTORNEY'S FEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.38.htm#38.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"1059c4b16f9307dc9ecba5f1410417f55d8e9fba35c5b5732a5933b76c051a33","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-38.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-38.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}