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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 38 - Prevention and Detection of Crime
Chapter 5 - Inquests
§ 38-5-117. Effect of Coroner's Warrant

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 38-5-117 (2020)
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The warrant of a coroner in the cases covered by this chapter shall be of equal authority with that of a court of general sessions, and, when the person charged is brought before the court, the person shall be dealt with as a person held under complaint in the usual form.

Code 1858, § 5313; Shan., § 7291; Code 1932, § 11892; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-417.

Cross-References. Coroners, title 8, ch. 9.

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