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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 25 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from TGS-NOPEC GEOPHYSICAL CO. v. Combs.

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1 TGS-NOPEC GEOPHYSICAL CO. v. Combs Anchor
tex · 2011
green “undefined terms in a statute are typically given their ordinary meaning, but if a different or more precise definition is apparent from the term's use in the context of the statute, we apply that meaning.” 22
2 State of Texas v. $1,760.00 in United States Currency, 37 \8\" Liner MacHines"
tex · 2013
green “however, we will not give an undefined term a meaning that is out of harmony or inconsistent with other terms in the statute.” 3

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