Tennessee § 21-1-804 - Enforcement of orders and decrees.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 21-1-804 — Enforcement of orders and decrees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1-804. Enforcement of orders and decrees.
Courts of chancery may enforce rules, orders or decrees by process against the person in default, or by process against the person in default's property. Code 1858, § 4478 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 23); Shan., § 6295; Code 1932, § 10588; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1209. Cross-References. Enforcement of restraining orders and injunctions, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 65.06. Execution of judgments by attachment for contempt, § 26-1-102 . Judgment for specific acts, court powers, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 70. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 300, 306. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, § 102. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281. Cited: Kuykendall v. Wheeler, 890 S.W.2d 785, 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 353 (Tenn. 1994).
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Section 21-1-804 ("Enforcement of orders and decrees.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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