The Code of Tennessee: Enacted by the General Assembly of 1857-'8

E. G. Eastman, state printers, 1858 - Law - 1150 pages

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1	1

CHANGING NAME LEGITIMATION AND ADOPTION	12

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES	21

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE	28

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE	52

NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS	61

TITLE 1	63

TITLE 2	80

OF FREE PERSONS OF COLOR	522

OF CIVIL ACTIONS	529

OF THE PARTIES TO AN ACTION	535

OF CONTINUANCES AND PROCEEDINGS PRELIMINARY TO THE TRIAL	564

OF EXECUTION	571

OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CORRECTION OF ERRORS	587

Appeal from the County Court	593

OF PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND	604

OF THE CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE	85

OF THE JUDICIAL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE	92

OF THE MILITARY DIVISIONS OF THE STATE	105

OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT	111

OF THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT	135

OF THE CIVIL DEPARTMENT	146

OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT	156

OF THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS INTRUSTED WITH THE COLLECTION OF COUNTY	162

OF THE PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF COUNTY DEBTS AND DUTIES	169

OF THE SOURCES OF PUBLIC REVENUE	170

OF THE LIEN OF TAXES	177

OF THE TAX COLLECTOR AND HIS DUTIES	184

OF THE REVENUE RECEIVED BY CLERKS	205

OF REVENUE BONDS	207

OF ELECTIONS	221

OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS	233

OF THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE	239

OF COMMON SCHOOLS	244

OF COUNTY ACADEMIES	258

OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS	261

OF THE COMMISSIONER OF ROADS	269

OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY	275

OF TURNPIKES	291

OF TELEGRAPHS	297

OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS	309

OF FOREIGN INSURANCE CORPORATIONS	323

OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND	336

Of Police RegULATIONS RELATING TO ANIMALS	346

OF ENCLOSURES AND PARTITION FENCES	354

OF VIOLATING THE SABBATH PROFANITY	361

OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	364

OF PROPERTY CONTRACTS AND TENDER	372

OF INSURANCE COMPANIES	378

OF PUBLIC MILLS	392

OF NEGOTIABLE AND ASSIGNABLE PAPER	399

OF PERSONAL RIGHTS	406

OF EXEMPTIONS AND THE HOMESTEAD	428

OF ESCHEATS	434

OF THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE SALE OF LAND AND NEGROES UNDER	436

OF DOWER	473

TITLE 4	480

OF GUARDIAN AND WARD	488

OF MASTER AND APPRENTICE	498

OF OFFENCES COMMITTED BY SLAVES	507

OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE POLICE AND ECONOMY OF SLAVERY	513

OF PARTITION	608

OF THE SALE OF PROPERTY OF PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY	617

OF REPLEVIN	624

OF ARBITRATION AND AGREED CASES	632

OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF LIENS	647

OF SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS	653

Inquisition of Unsoundness of Mind in the County Court	667

OF HABEAS CORPUS	673

OF SUITS FOR FREEDOM	679

OF WITNESSES	686

OF PERPETUATING TESTIMONY	697

OF THE JUDGES AND CHANCELLORS	702

OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS	711

OF THE CLERKS OF COURT	723

OF SHERIFFS	735

TITLE 6	741

OF the JusticeS WARRANT AND BY WHOM EXEcuted	748

OF THE COUNTY JUDGE AND HIS COURT	756

OF THE PRACTICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT	762

OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CHANCERY COURT	768

OF THE PRACTICE OF THE CHANCERY COURT	776

TITLE 11	799

OF THE COMPENSATION OF JUDGES AND CHANCELLORS	805

OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL AND REPORTER	806

OF THE COMPENSATION OF SHERIFFS TAX COLLECTORS COUNTY TRUS	818

OF THE COMPENSATION OF COUNTY REGISTERS AND RANGERS	824

OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON	828

OF OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY	836

OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE	850

OF THE SALE OF UNWHOLESOME PROVISIONS	863

TITLE 3	886

OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ON THE TRIAL	889

OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE GRAND JURY	903

OF THE INDICTMENT	909

OF THE DISMISSAL OF CRIMINAL ACTIONS	920

OF FINES AND IMPRISONMENT	926

OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CRIMINAL NATURE	933

OF ABSCONDING CRIMINALS	940

TITLE 6	946

Of the PENITENTIARY	955

OF THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS IN CRIMINAL CASES	973

APPENDIX	979

ACT OF CONGRESS ACCEPTING THE CESSION BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA	986

INDEX	993

Title	The Code of Tennessee: Enacted by the General Assembly of 1857-'8 Hein's superseded state statutes & codes
Author	Tennessee
Editors	Return Jonathan Meigs, William Frierson Cooper, James Horton Shankland
Publisher	E. G. Eastman, state printers, 1858
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	Feb 7, 2012
Length	1150 pages

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