2019 Tennessee Code
Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime
Chapter 5 - Inquests
§ 38-5-112. Form of inquisition.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 38-5-112 (2019)
  • The inquisition shall be as follows:
    • State of Tennessee, ____ County.
      • An inquisition held at ____, in the county and state aforementioned, on the ____ day of ____, 20____, before ____, coroner of such county, upon the body of ____ (or a person unknown), there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, who upon their oaths do say: (here state, when, how, by what person, means, weapon, or accident the person died, and whether feloniously, as near as may be according to the requirements of § 38-5-111). In testimony whereof, the jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and date above.
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