Tennessee § 20-12-118 - Cases not expressly covered.
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§ 20-12-118. Cases not expressly covered.
If any case occurs not directly or by fair implication embraced in the express provisions of the law, the court may make such disposition of the costs as, in its sound discretion, may seem right. Code 1858, § 3220; Shan., § 4962; Code 1932, § 9115; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1620. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 242, 245-247. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Costs, § 6. Law Reviews. The Procedural Details of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, VII. Disposition of Appeals (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 90. Cited: O'Neill v. Parks, — S.W.3d —, 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 568 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 29, 2008).
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Section 20-12-118 ("Cases not expressly covered.") 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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