Tennessee § 26-4-102 - Powers of court to reach property.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 26-4-102 — Powers of court to reach property., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26-4-102. Powers of court to reach property.
The court has power to compel the discovery, and to prevent the transfer, payment, or delivery of the property, and to subject the same to the satisfaction of the judgment or decree, whether such property could, if in the defendant's possession or with the title vested in the defendant, be levied upon by execution or not. Code 1858, § 4284 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 11, § 2); Shan., § 6093; Code 1932, § 10354; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-602. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 458, 460. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 1-69-4. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 9 Tenn. Juris., Discovery, § 2; 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, § 56; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, § 74.
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Section 26-4-102 ("Powers of court to reach property.") 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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