Any officer authorized to punish for contempt is a court within the meaning of §§ 29-9-101 — 29-9-106.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-9-101
Officers authorized to punish
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Konvalinka v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority (2008)
Most recently applied in Joyce Bradley Watts v. Colin Wade Watts (June 2016)
Code 1858, § 4112; Shan., § 5924; Code 1932, § 10125; T.C.A
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.