hearing. The trial court orally granted appellee's motion to file the affidavit of Thomas Easley. This ruling had an impact on the trial court’s decision to grant at least one of appellee’s motions for partial summary judgment, for in its judgment, the trial court specifically stated that it relied on the affidavit of Thomas Easley. 6 . 1 George D. Braden, et al„ The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis 406 (George D. Braden, primary author and ed., 1977). 7 . Other courts interpreting the term "proceeding” in the context of other statutes and rules have also concluded that it requires a broad interpretation. See American Maintenance & Rentals, Inc. v. Estrada, 896 S.W.2d 212 218 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1995, vacated pursuant to settlement) (<HOLDING>); Southwestern Elec. Power Co. v. Martin, 844
holding that phrase other proceeding as used in rule 801e1a of the texas rules of civil evidence denoted steps and events in the process of litigation besides a trial or hearing because of the word other before the word proceeding holding the word individuals is not the equivalent of the dictionary acts use of the word persons holding that the word void is not sufficient holding that california rule modeled almost word for word on rule 11 of the federal rules of civil procedure does not allow a pro se attorney litigant to recover sanctions in the form of an award of attorneys fees holding that the word interest is to be understood in its ordinary senseto hold that congress intended to use the word in the sense of a penalty is contrary to all rules of interpretation and invokes a special definition of the word interest that is unwarranted citations omitted