Tennessee § 21-1-801 - Sequestration.

§ 21-1-801. Sequestration.

If the court see proper in the first instance, or if upon issuance of the attachment, the delinquent cannot be found, a writ of sequestration may issue against the estate of the delinquent, to compel obedience to the decree. Code 1858, § 4487; Shan., § 6304; Code 1932, § 10597; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1206. Cross-References. Seizure of person or property, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 64. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 300, 301, 311. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281. Collateral References. 70 Am. Jur. 2d Sequestration §§ 1-36. 30 C.J.S. Equity § 617. Contempt cases, seizure or impounding of property in. 167 A.L.R. 713 . Contingent or defeasible future interest, right of owner of, to remedy by sequestration. 144 A.L.R. 796 . Jurisdiction of equity to sequester, or otherwise provisionally secure, assets for application upon money demand which has not been reduced to judgment. 116 A.L.R. 270 . Sequestration bond, liability of sureties on, for payment of judgment rendered against their principal, for so much thereof as includes damages for acts fraudulently or wrongfully committed prior to execution of bond. 100 A.L.R. 382 . Sureties on sequestration bonds as affected by judgment by consent, confession or default of principal. 51 A.L.R. 1493 . Sequestration 13.