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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 58

TRCP 58: Adoption by reference

Adopting statements by reference while respecting Rule 65 amendments.

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Statements in a pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or in another pleading or in any motion, so long as the pleading containing such statements has not been superseded by an amendment as provided by Rule 65.