Tennessee § 17-1-204 - Extraordinary process.
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§ 17-1-204. Extraordinary process.
The judges and chancellors shall have interchangeable and concurrent jurisdiction to grant injunctions, attachments and all other extraordinary process, issuable out of, and returnable to, any of the circuit or chancery courts of this state. Upon making the requisite fiats for, and granting such extraordinary process, it shall be the duty of the judge or chancellor to enclose the papers accompanying the application and the order made, in a sealed envelope, directed to the clerk of the court to which the fiat is directed, which envelope shall be opened only by the clerk or the clerk's deputy. Code 1858, §§ 3946, 3947 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 71, § 3; 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 9); Shan., §§ 5750, 5751; Code 1932, §§ 9946, 9947; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-109. Cross-References. Extraordinary process, §§ 29-1-103 — 29-1-109 . Vacancy in office of sheriff, appointment of process servers, § 8-8-108 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 15 Tenn. Juris., Injunctions, §§ 2, 24. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281.
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Section 17-1-204 ("Extraordinary process.") 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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