Chapter 8 TCOLE Texas Penal
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Act - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bodily movement, voluntary or involuntary and
includes speech
Actor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a
criminal action
,Federal Special Investigator - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Specifically designated
federal agent with authority to perform arrests, searches and seizures
regarding felony offenses in Texas
Reckless - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Person is aware but consciously disregards risk
Controlled Substance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Substance including a drug,
adultered and dilutant
Criminal Negligence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When there is a serious and
unjustifiable risk. Person should have been aware
Intentional - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Acting intentionally with desire to have that
result
Cargo - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Goods that constitute a commercial shipment of
freight moving in commerce
Hoax Bomb - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Device used to deceive others into believing it
is an explosive or incendiary device
Steal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Act of taking, carrying, leading, or driving away the
personal property of another
,Certificate of Title - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Document that certifies ownership of a
vehicle
Retail Merchandise - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔One or more items of tangible property
displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale in a retail establishment
Deprive - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To dispose of property that makes recovery
unlikely. Withhold property permanently for an extended period of time
making it unlikely owner will recover it
Deception - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Creating or conforming by words or conduct a
false impression of law or fact that is likely to affect judgement of another in
transaction and the actor does not intend to perform or knows will not be
performed
Residential Land - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Real property improved by a dwelling
and zoned for or otherwise authorized for single-family or multi-family use
Governmental Record - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anything belonging to or received
or kept by government for information
Court Record - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A decree, judgement, order, subpoena,
warrant, minutes, or other document issued by a court of this state
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, Goods - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Physical, moveable, and identifiable items that are
part of a commercial shipment of freight moving in commerce
Abandon - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔to leave in any place without providing
reasonable and necessary care to a child, elderly, or disabled individual
Abduct - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the intentional or knowing act of restraining
another person to prevent their liberation can involve concealing the person
or using threatening deadly force
Adequate cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cause that would commonly produce a
degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper
sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection
Alcoholic Beverage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol, or any beverage containing
more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume. Capable of use for
beverage purposes either alone or when diluted
Agency - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Includes authority, board, bureau, commission,
committee, council, department, district, division, and office
Another - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Person other than the actor
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Act - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bodily movement, voluntary or involuntary and
includes speech
Actor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a
criminal action
,Federal Special Investigator - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Specifically designated
federal agent with authority to perform arrests, searches and seizures
regarding felony offenses in Texas
Reckless - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Person is aware but consciously disregards risk
Controlled Substance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Substance including a drug,
adultered and dilutant
Criminal Negligence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When there is a serious and
unjustifiable risk. Person should have been aware
Intentional - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Acting intentionally with desire to have that
result
Cargo - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Goods that constitute a commercial shipment of
freight moving in commerce
Hoax Bomb - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Device used to deceive others into believing it
is an explosive or incendiary device
Steal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Act of taking, carrying, leading, or driving away the
personal property of another
,Certificate of Title - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Document that certifies ownership of a
vehicle
Retail Merchandise - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔One or more items of tangible property
displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale in a retail establishment
Deprive - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To dispose of property that makes recovery
unlikely. Withhold property permanently for an extended period of time
making it unlikely owner will recover it
Deception - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Creating or conforming by words or conduct a
false impression of law or fact that is likely to affect judgement of another in
transaction and the actor does not intend to perform or knows will not be
performed
Residential Land - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Real property improved by a dwelling
and zoned for or otherwise authorized for single-family or multi-family use
Governmental Record - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Anything belonging to or received
or kept by government for information
Court Record - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A decree, judgement, order, subpoena,
warrant, minutes, or other document issued by a court of this state
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COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Goods - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Physical, moveable, and identifiable items that are
part of a commercial shipment of freight moving in commerce
Abandon - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔to leave in any place without providing
reasonable and necessary care to a child, elderly, or disabled individual
Abduct - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔the intentional or knowing act of restraining
another person to prevent their liberation can involve concealing the person
or using threatening deadly force
Adequate cause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cause that would commonly produce a
degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper
sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection
Alcoholic Beverage - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol, or any beverage containing
more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume. Capable of use for
beverage purposes either alone or when diluted
Agency - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Includes authority, board, bureau, commission,
committee, council, department, district, division, and office
Another - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Person other than the actor
