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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 27-1-114. Filing of Findings - The court of appeals shall file its findings at the...
§ 27-1-120. Reasons for Reversal Furnished Trial Court - If the judgment of the inferior court is reversed and...
§ 27-1-122. Damages for Frivolous Appeal - When it appears to any reviewing court that the appeal...
§ 27-1-123. Notice of Appeal Not Jurisdictional - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of court...
§ 27-1-125. Appeal From an Order of a Trial Court Granting or Denying Class Action Certification - The court of appeals shall hear appeals from orders of...
Chapter 2 - Rehearing, Review, and New Trial
§ 27-2-101. Number of New Trials in Jury Cases - Not more than two (2) new trials shall be granted...
Chapter 3 - Appeals Generally -
Chapter 4 - Appeals From County Court
§ 27-4-101. Appeal to Circuit Court - Any party dissatisfied with the sentence, judgment, or decree of...
§ 27-4-102. Appeal to Appellate Court - In all cases in which the jurisdiction of the county...
§ 27-4-103. Term to Which Taken - The appeal is to the next term of the circuit...
§ 27-4-104. Transcript to Circuit Court - A transcript of the record of the suit, on which...
§ 27-4-105. Copy of Proceedings by Clerk - The county clerk, upon appeal taken, shall immediately make a...
§ 27-4-106. Receipt of Transcript by Circuit Court Clerk - The clerk of the circuit court, upon receiving the transcript,...
§ 27-4-107. Affirmance on Default of Appellant - If the transcript is not filed within the time prescribed...
§ 27-4-108. Trial De Novo - On appeal, all jury cases in the county court shall...
Chapter 5 - Appeals From General Sessions Court and Municipal Officers
§ 27-5-101. Right of Appeal - Any person dissatisfied with the judgment of a recorder or...
§ 27-5-102. Appeal From Recorder or Municipal Officer - Any party dissatisfied with the judgment of a recorder or...
§ 27-5-103. Appeal Bond — Oath - Code 1858, § 3141 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §...
§ 27-5-104. Security for Costs - The original plaintiff may be ruled to security in the...
§ 27-5-106. Judgment on Default of Appellant - Code 1858, § 3144 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 119, §...
§ 27-5-107. Affirmance - If the papers are properly returned, and the appellant fails...
Chapter 6 - Writ of Error
§ 27-6-101. Right to Writ - A writ of error lies from the final judgment of...
§ 27-6-102. Issuance of Writ - It may be moved for and obtained in the appellate...
§ 27-6-103. Time for Application to Circuit Court - The application to a clerk of circuit court to bring...
§ 27-6-104. Time for Application to Appellate Court - The application to the clerk of the proper appellate court...
§ 27-6-105. Time for Application to Appellate Court or Judge - The application to the appellate court, or a judge thereof,...
§ 27-6-106. Persons With Legal Rights Restored - Infants, persons adjudicated incompetent, or imprisoned may prosecute writs of...
§ 27-6-107. Allowance After Dismissal of Appeal - Where an appeal in the nature of a writ of...
§ 27-6-108. Notice of Intent to Apply - If sued out after the term of the court at...
§ 27-6-109. Proceedings as on Appeal - The bond required from the applicant for the writ of...
§ 27-6-110. Bond Without Supersedeas - Any person may obtain a writ of error, without supersedeas,...
§ 27-6-111. Supersedeas - The writ of error does not supersede the execution of...
§ 27-6-112. Effect of Reversal on Execution Sale - If the judgment or decree below has been executed by...
Chapter 7 - Writ of Error Coram Nobis
§ 27-7-101. Right to Relief - Any person aggrieved by the judgment of any court in...
§ 27-7-102. Errors Reached by Writ - The relief embraced in this chapter is confined to errors...
§ 27-7-103. Petition — Supersedeas - The writ of error coram nobis may be had within...
§ 27-7-104. Bond for Supersedeas - Before such order shall operate as a supersedeas, the party...
§ 27-7-105. Notice to Opposite Party - Notice of the suing out of the writ shall be...
§ 27-7-106. Failure to Try at First Term - If the matter is not tried at the first term...
§ 27-7-107. Rules — Orders of Publication - The court may order publication for nonresident defendants, who have...
§ 27-7-108. Judgment Against Plaintiff in Error - In all cases of affirmance of the judgment, or dismissal...
Chapter 8 - Certiorari and Supersedeas
§ 27-8-101. Constitutional Basis - The writ of certiorari may be granted whenever authorized by...
§ 27-8-102. Cases in Which Writ Lies - Code 1858, § 3124; Shan., § 4854; Code 1932, §...
§ 27-8-103. Levy Not Required - It is not necessary that a levy shall be made...
§ 27-8-104. Power of Circuit and Chancery Courts - Code 1858, § 3126 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §...
§ 27-8-105. Power of General Sessions Judges - Two (2) general sessions judges may, within twenty (20) days...
§ 27-8-106. Petition - The petition for certiorari may be sworn to before the...
§ 27-8-107. Return to Circuit Courts - All writs of certiorari and supersedeas granted to revise the...
§ 27-8-108. Amount of Supersedeas - Where the error complained of is in the amount of...
§ 27-8-109. Part of Judgment Involved - When the certiorari extends only to a part of the...
§ 27-8-110. Prosecution Bond - The clerk of the circuit court, before such clerk issues...
§ 27-8-111. Security for Costs - The original plaintiff, upon certiorari to a higher court, may...
§ 27-8-112. Supersedeas - The clerk shall also issue a writ of supersedeas in...
§ 27-8-113. Supersedeas on Pauper's Application - Code 1858, § 3133; Shan., § 4864; Code 1932, §...
§ 27-8-114. Action After Refusal of Supersedeas - Code 1858, §§ 3134, 3135; Shan., §§ 4865, 4866; Code...
§ 27-8-115. Time of Trial - Suits brought into an appellate court, by writ of certiorari,...
§ 27-8-116. Determination on Motion to Quash or Dismiss - On motion to quash or dismiss a writ of certiorari...
§ 27-8-117. Judgment for Applicant - On the final judgment, the court may, if the applicant...
§ 27-8-118. Judgment Against Applicant - Code 1858, §§ 3137, 3138 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1,...
Chapter 9 - Review of Boards and Commissions
§ 27-9-101. Right of Review - Anyone who may be aggrieved by any final order or...
§ 27-9-102. Filing and Contents of Petition - Such party shall, within sixty (60) days from the entry...
§ 27-9-103. Circuit Court Jurisdiction - The circuit court is given concurrent jurisdiction over such proceeding....
§ 27-9-104. Defendants Named in Petition - The petition shall be addressed to the presiding chancellor and...
§ 27-9-105. Security for Costs - The petitioner shall give bond for costs as in other...
§ 27-9-106. Supersedeas - Code 1932, § 9017; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-906.
§ 27-9-107. Notice of Filing to Defendants - Upon the filing of such petition, the clerk of the...
§ 27-9-108. Notice Prior to Grant of Writ - The court before granting the writ of certiorari may require...
§ 27-9-109. Transcript of Proceedings - Code 1932, § 9012; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-909.
§ 27-9-110. Defensive Pleadings — Amendments - Code 1932, § 9013; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-910.
§ 27-9-111. Hearing — Findings - Code 1932, § 9014; Acts 1951, ch. 261, § 1;...
§ 27-9-112. Appeal - Code 1932, § 9015; Acts 1970, ch. 424, §§ 1,...
§ 27-9-113. Certification of Decree on Appeal - The clerk of the Supreme Court shall certify and send...