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2010 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies And Special Proceedings
Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
29-18-103 - Forcible detainer defined.
29-18-103. Forcible detainer defined.
A forcible detainer is where a person enters lawfully or peaceably, and holds unlawfully, and by any of the means enumerated in § 29-18-102 as constituting a forcible entry.
[Code 1858, § 3343 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 3); Shan., § 5092; Code 1932, § 9246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1603.]
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