The petition for certiorari may be sworn to before the clerk of the circuit court, the judge, any judge of the court of general sessions, or a notary public, and shall state that it is the first application for the writ.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-8-106
Petition
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Herbert S. Moncier v. Board of Professional Responsibility (2013)
Most recently applied in George Metz v. Metropolitan Government Of Nashville And Davidson County, TN (October 2017)
Code 1858, § 3128 (deriv
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