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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts
Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers
§ 16-10-104. Restoration of Citizenship
Universal Citation: TN Code § 16-10-104 (2020)
The circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine applications to be restored to citizenship, made by persons who have been rendered infamous by the judgment of any court of this state.
Code 1858, § 4228 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 6066; Code 1932, § 10321; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-504.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Citizenship, § 2; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 22.
Law Reviews.
Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systematic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253.
Cited: In re Curtis, 6 Tenn. Civ. App. (6 Higgins) 12 (1915).
Collateral References. 21 C.J.S. Courts §§ 11, 490.
Courts 472.1.
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