Tennessee § 47-50-101 - Private and corporation seals abolished.
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§ 47-50-101. Private and corporation seals abolished.
The use of seals in or upon written contracts or other instruments of writing, whether of persons or of corporations, is abolished, and the absence of such seal therefrom, or its addition thereto, shall not affect its character or validity or legal effect in any respect. Code 1858, § 1804 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 20, § 1; 1849-1850, ch. 60, § 1); Shan., § 3213; Code 1932, § 7828; Acts 1937, ch. 41, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 7828 (Williams, §§ 7828, 7828.1); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 47-1701, 47-15-101. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 193. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 7-408. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 22 Tenn. Juris., Seals and Sealed Instruments, § 1. Comparative Legislation. Miscellaneous similar provisions: Ala. Code § 8-1-1 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 14-5-1 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 271B.3-020. Miss. Code Ann. § 75-19-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.010 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 47-41.1 et seq. Va. Code § 11-3. Cited: First Nat'l Bank v. Shook, 100 Tenn. 436, 45 S.W. 338, 1897 Tenn. LEXIS 134 (1898).
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