Tennessee § 29-21-124 - Filing of records — Costs.
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§ 29-21-124. Filing of records — Costs.
The proceedings under a writ of habeas corpus, including all the papers in the cause, and the final order, shall be returned by the judge to the nearest court served by that judge, to be filed there by the clerk, as other records, a brief memorandum thereof, duly indexed, being made upon the judgment or execution docket, and such clerk taxing the costs and issuing execution therefor, as in other cases. Code 1858, § 3760; Shan., § 5540; Code 1932, § 9710; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1833. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, §§ 27, 30; 14 Tenn. Juris., Habeas Corpus, § 10.
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Section 29-21-124 ("Filing of records — Costs.") 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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