2020 Tennessee Code
Title 1 - Code and Statutes
Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes
§ 1-3-102. Computation of Time
The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, and then it shall also be excluded.
Code 1858, § 48; Shan., § 60; Code 1932, § 11; Acts 1965, ch. 203, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-302.
Compiler's Notes. This section may be superseded in part by Tenn. R. Crim. P. 45 and Tenn. R. Civ. P. 6.01.
Cross-References. Computation of time for election purposes, §2-1-115.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 78, 773.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 51; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, § 73; 23 Tenn. Juris., Time, § 1.
Law Reviews.
1985 Tennessee Survey: Selected Developments in Tennessee Law, 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 337 (1986).
