2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 5 - Inquests
§ 38-5-114. Witnesses May Be Bound Over

The coroner shall also require all material witnesses to enter into an undertaking to appear at such court, if in session, or at the next succeeding term, and may require security for such undertaking, and, for this purpose, the coroner is vested with all the powers of a court of general sessions in state cases.
Code 1858, § 5310; Shan., § 7288; Code 1932, § 11889; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-414.