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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 55
TRCP 55: Judgment
Pleading a judgment or decision without alleging jurisdictional matters.
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In pleading a judgment or decision of a domestic or foreign court, judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal, or of a board or officer, it shall be sufficient to aver the judgment or decision without setting forth matter showing jurisdiction to render it.