Infants, persons adjudicated incompetent, or imprisoned may prosecute writs of error within the time prescribed after legal rights are restored.
Code 1858, § 3182 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 12, § 1); Acts 1901, ch. 15, § 4; Shan., § 4918; mod. Code 1932, § 9070; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-606; Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 16.
Law Reviews.
A Comparison of Appellate Procedure in Tennessee and in the Federal Courts, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 668.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 27-6-103. Time for Application to Circuit Court
§ 27-6-104. Time for Application to Appellate Court
§ 27-6-105. Time for Application to Appellate Court or Judge
§ 27-6-106. Persons With Legal Rights Restored
§ 27-6-107. Allowance After Dismissal of Appeal
§ 27-6-108. Notice of Intent to Apply
§ 27-6-109. Proceedings as on Appeal