If the contempt consists in the performance of a forbidden act, the person may be imprisoned until the act is rectified by placing matters and person in status quo, or by the payment of damages.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-9-105
Performance of forbidden act
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Bryan v. Leach (2001)
Most recently applied in Stephanie Keller v. Estate of Edward Stephen McRedmond (July 2016)
Code 1858, § 4109; Shan., § 5921; Code 1932, § 10122; T.C.A
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