Punishment
Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case Sherrod v. Wix (1992)
Most recently applied in Ferryl Theresita McClain v. Richard Perry McClain (September 2017)
Code 1858, § 4107; Shan., § 5919; Code 1932, § 10120; T.C.A
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) The punishment for contempt may be by fine or by imprisonment, or both.
(2) Where not otherwise specially provided, the circuit, chancery, and appellate courts are limited to a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00), and imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days, and, except as provided in § 29-9-108, all other courts are limited to a fine of ten dollars ($10.00).
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.