2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 21 - Habeas Corpus
§ 29-21-110. Issuance of Writ — Form — Formal Defects

State of Tennessee,     To the sheriff, etc. [or to A B, as the case may be]:
County
You are hereby commanded to have the body of C B, who is alleged to be unlawfully detained by you, before the  court, [or before me, or before E E, Judge, etc., as the case may be], at  , on  [or immediately after being served with this writ], to be dealt with according to law, and have you then and there this writ, with a return thereon of your doings in the premises.
This  day of  , 20  . G H, Judge, etc.
Code 1858, §§ 3727, 3728, 3741; Shan., §§ 5507, 5508, 5521; Code 1932, §§ 9678, 9679, 9691; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1810 — 23-1812.