Tennessee § 24-2-101 - Duty to attend.
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§ 24-2-101. Duty to attend.
Every witness legally bound to appear as herein directed shall appear accordingly and continue to attend from day to day, and from term to term, until discharged by the court or the party who sought the summons; provided, that the continuance of a case shall not be deemed a discharge of witnesses legally bound to appear in the case so continued, and in the event of a continuance, it shall not be necessary to resummon such witnesses unless they are expressly discharged by the court or by the party at whose instance they were summoned. Code 1858, § 3820 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 29); Shan., § 5608; Code 1932, § 9790; Acts 1959, ch. 113, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 24-207. Cross-References. Contempt of court, title 29, ch. 9. Federal prisoner as witness in state criminal proceedings, § 40-17-212 . Prisoner as witness in criminal proceedings outside state in which incarcerated, § 40-17-211 . Subpoena, personal attendance, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 45.05. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Witnesses, §§ 3, 4.
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Section 24-2-101 ("Duty to attend.") 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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