A defendant who appears and refuses to answer fully shall be committed to jail, there to remain until the defendant is purged of the contempt and complies with the requirements of the law by filing a full and complete answer.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 21-1-303
Refusal to answer fully
Code 1858, § 4364 (deriv
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