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2019 Tennessee Code
Title 24 - Evidence and Witnesses
Chapter 7 - Admissibility of Evidence
§ 24-7-106. Receipts and releases.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 24-7-106 (2019)
All receipts, releases, and discharges in writing, whether of a debt of record or a contract under seal, or otherwise, shall have effect according to the intention of the parties thereto. However, the remittance and acceptance of a check or other instrument bearing on its face words that it is payment or satisfaction in full of a debt or obligation shall not be considered conclusive evidence of an intention that the debt or obligation for which the same is given be discharged or released; provided, that the remittee of such instrument tenders back to the remittor the funds represented by such instrument.
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