Tennessee Code Annotated is amended in each of its provisions providing the judicial powers, duties, functions or jurisdiction of the justice of the peace to delete references to “justice of the peace” or any variation of those words and to substitute instead references to the “court of general sessions” or “judge of the court of general sessions” or a variation of those words. The Tennessee code commission is granted the authority to reword the provisions to conform to the appropriate reference and sentence structure and to make grammatical changes necessary to effect those word changes without any change of substantive law.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-1-101. Vesting of Judicial Power
§ 16-1-104. Conflicts in Use of Courtroom
§ 16-1-105. Holding Court Outside of Courthouse or in Courthouse or Room Outside County Seat
§ 16-1-107. Power to Sell Land
§ 16-1-108. Vesting Title by Decree or Clerk's Deed
§ 16-1-109. Registration of Decree or Clerk's Deed
§ 16-1-110. Implied Covenants in Sales of Land
§ 16-1-111. Use of Papers Filed in Federal Courts
§ 16-1-112. Justice of the Peace — Name Change Throughout Code
§ 16-1-114. Immunity for Judges Sitting Specially or by Interchange
§ 16-1-115. Electronic Signatures
§ 16-1-116. Transfer of Actions or Appeals
§ 16-1-120. Processing Passport Applications — Photographs for Passports