In all cases where judicial process or execution, according to the principles of the common law, cannot be made to apply to the purpose of carrying into effect any judgment or decree of a court of record, the court may enforce the judgment or decree by attachment for contempt, in the nature of an execution. The proceedings under this writ are the same as are prescribed by this Code for the enforcement of the decrees of the chancery court, in §§ 21-1-801 — 21-1-809.
Code 1858, §§ 3104, 3105 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 22); Shan., §§ 4832, 4833; Code 1932, §§ 8963, 8964; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-102.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General
§ 26-1-101. Writs to Secure Property
§ 26-1-102. Attachment in Nature of Execution
§ 26-1-103. Enforcement of Money Judgments
§ 26-1-104. Property Subject to Execution
§ 26-1-105. Distringas or Fieri Facias Against Corporate Property
§ 26-1-106. Execution for Benefit of Executive Officer's Sureties
§ 26-1-107. Setting Aside Satisfaction After Recovery of Property by Defendant
§ 26-1-108. Return of Original Before Issue of Alias Execution