Using legal authority Texas Property Code 21.002 - grants cities the power of eminent domain to acquire property for public use. 1.What jurisdictions does the legal authority cover - federal, state, or both? If state, does it cover a particular state or each state? 2.How is the legal authority organized - chronologically, by subject, or otherwise? 3.What tools for finding content does the legal authority have - indexes, tables, outlines, annotations, headnotes, footnotes, etc.? 4.How often and in what format is the legal authority updated? 5.Who is the author of the legal authority? Is the author a court, legislative body, legal editor, legal professional, academic, etc.? 6.How did you find this legal authority? (If found on LexisNexis, what search terms did you use?) 7.Weight of Authority: Is this legal authority primary or secondary? 8.Weight of Authority: Is this legal authority binding or persuasive on the court? 9.What legal rules or standards did you draw from the legal authority