Tennessee § 29-21-122 - Discharge of plaintiff or remand to custody.
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§ 29-21-122. Discharge of plaintiff or remand to custody.
If no sufficient legal cause of detention is shown, the plaintiff shall be discharged. The party detained shall be remanded to custody: If it appears the party is detained by virtue of process issued by a court or judge of the United States, in a case where such court or judge has exclusive jurisdiction; Where the time during which such party may be legally detained has not expired; or In every case in which the detention is authorized by law. Code 1858, §§ 3751, 3761; Shan., §§ 5531, 5541; Code 1932, §§ 9701, 9711; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1830, 23-1831; modified. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Bail and Recognizance, § 5. Law Reviews. Appellate and Post-Conviction Relief in Tennessee (Ronald W. Eades), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1. Criminal Law in Tennessee in 1968 — A Critical Survey (Joseph G. Cook), 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 221. Recent Developments in Tennessee and Federal Procedure (Donald F. Paine), 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 276. Cited: Wright v. Trammell, 647 F. Supp. 1, 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19942 (M.D. Tenn. 1985); Weatherly v. State, 704 S.W.2d 730, 1985 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 3205 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1985); Taylor v. Morgan, 909 S.W.2d 17, 1995 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 292 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995); Church v. State, 987 S.W.2d 855, 1998 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 538 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998); Faulkner v. State, 226 S.W.3d 358, 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 370 (Tenn. Apr. 27, 2007).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 29-21-122 ("Discharge of plaintiff or remand to custody.") 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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