2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 12 - Costs
§ 20-12-118. Cases Not Expressly Covered

If any case occurs not directly or by fair implication embraced in the express provisions of the law, the court may make such disposition of the costs as, in its sound discretion, may seem right.
Code 1858, § 3220; Shan., § 4962; Code 1932, § 9115; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1620.

Structure 2021 Tennessee Code

2021 Tennessee Code

Title 20 - Civil Procedure

Chapter 12 - Costs

§ 20-12-101. Recovery by Successful Party

§ 20-12-102. Litigation Tax

§ 20-12-103. Copies of Records

§ 20-12-104. Postage

§ 20-12-105. Number of Witnesses

§ 20-12-106. Dismissal — Compromise

§ 20-12-107. Omitted Costs

§ 20-12-108. Correction of Erroneous Taxation

§ 20-12-109. Charged Against Real Plaintiff

§ 20-12-110. Dismissal, Abatement or Discontinuance

§ 20-12-111. Appeal From General Sessions Court

§ 20-12-112. Jurisdictional Defects — Irregular Transfer

§ 20-12-113. Abatement of Action

§ 20-12-114. Nominal Damages Recovered

§ 20-12-115. Actions for Overflow of Water

§ 20-12-116. Usury

§ 20-12-117. Taxation Between Defendants

§ 20-12-118. Cases Not Expressly Covered

§ 20-12-120. Security Given by Plaintiff

§ 20-12-121. Failure to Take Security

§ 20-12-122. Actions Commenced by Petition or Motion

§ 20-12-123. Appeals From General Sessions Court

§ 20-12-124. Rule to Give Security

§ 20-12-125. Terms of Bond

§ 20-12-126. Omission of Provisions From Bond

§ 20-12-127. Pauper's Oath

§ 20-12-129. Next Friend's Oath

§ 20-12-131. Duties of Officers and Witnesses in Cases in Forma Pauperis

§ 20-12-132. Dismissal of Pauper's Action

§ 20-12-133. Judgment Against Pauper

§ 20-12-134. Payment by State

§ 20-12-135. Judgment Against Surety

§ 20-12-136. Execution Against Principal and Surety

§ 20-12-137. Recovery From Successful Party

§ 20-12-138. Notice of Motion Against Successful Party

§ 20-12-139. Bill of Costs on Appeal

§ 20-12-140. Payments From Appellate to Trial Court

§ 20-12-141. Payments by Clerk of Trial Court

§ 20-12-142. Construction as Remedial