Tennessee § 16-1-101 - Vesting of judicial power.
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§ 16-1-101. Vesting of judicial power.
The judicial power of the state is vested in judges of the courts of general sessions, recorders of certain towns and cities, circuit courts, criminal courts, common law and chancery courts, chancery courts, courts of appeals, and the supreme court, and other courts created by law. Code 1858, §§ 4094, 4095 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 1); Shan., § 5907; mod. Code 1932, § 10107; modified; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-101. Cross-References. Constitutional vesting of power, power of general assembly to create courts, Tenn. Const., art. VI, § 1. Law Reviews. Drug Treatment Courts and Emergent Experimentalist Government, 53 Vand. L. Rev. 831 (2000). Inferiority Complex: Should State Courts Follow Lower Federal Court Precedent on the Meaning of Federal Law?, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 53 (2015). Justiciability in Tennessee, Part Three: Timing (Barbara Kritchevsky), 16 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 177 (1986). Original Meaning and the Precedent Fallback, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 105 (2015). Attorney General Opinions. General authority of judges of general sessions to administer oaths is not limited by T.C.A. §§ 8-18-107 , 8-18-109(b) or 17-1-105 , OAG 03-043 (4/15/03). Comparative Legislation. General provisions: Ala. Code § 12-1-1 et seq. Ark. Code § 16-10-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 15-1-1 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-5 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.010 et seq. Va. Code § 17-1 et seq. Cited: Elizabethton v. Carter County, 204 Tenn. 452, 321 S.W.2d 822, 1958 Tenn. LEXIS 276 (1958); Cage v. Sexton, — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 495 (Tenn. Crim. App. July 10, 2012).
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