Tennessee § 41-2-117 - Workhouse sentence beginning after term in penitentiary.
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§ 41-2-117. Workhouse sentence beginning after term in penitentiary.
When any inmate is sentenced by the courts to the workhouse, the inmate's time of sentence to begin after a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary has expired, the judge of the court shall, in the commitment to the penitentiary, cause this fact to appear and shall direct the warden of the penitentiary to notify the superintendent of the workhouse of the time when the inmate will be discharged. It is the warden's duty to deliver the inmate upon the order of the superintendent. Acts 1891, ch. 123, § 14; Shan., § 7419; Code 1932, § 12028; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1225.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-2-117 ("Workhouse sentence beginning after term in penitentiary.") 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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