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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 26 - Execution
Chapter 1 - Issuance and Return in General
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 26-1-101. Writs to Secure Property

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 26-1-101 (2020)
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If a judgment or decree be that the party recover or be put in possession of the specific property, real or personal, the court may carry the same into effect by writ of possession or other process sufficient for the purpose.

Code 1858, § 2997; Shan., § 4727; Code 1932, § 8861; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-101.

Cross-References. Effect of writ in forcible entry and detainer, §29-18-123.

Writ of possession in ejectment, §29-15-114.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 301.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, § 2; 20 Tenn. Juris., Possession, Writ of, § 1.

Law Reviews.

A Review of Tennessee Exemptions in Light of the Bankruptcy Code (Jennie D. Latta), 28 No. 5 Tenn. B.J. 26 (1992).

Judicial Reform at the Lowest Level: A Model Statute for Small Claims Courts, Part III, 28 Vand. L. Rev. 747.

Power of Sale Foreclosure in Tennessee: A Section 1983 Trap (Jack Jones and J. Michael Ivens), 51 Tenn. L. Rev. 279 (1984).

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