Tennessee § 57-6-117 - Construction of law — Invalidity.
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§ 57-6-117. Construction of law — Invalidity.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this part be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall render invalid the remaining part of the part, it being hereby declared to be the legislative intent not to enact the part unless that part so held invalid was included therein. Acts 1953, ch. 76, § 18 (Williams, § 1051.35); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 57-318.
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