Tennessee Constitution
Article I - Declaration of Rights.
Section 12

Universal Citation: TN Const art I § 12
That no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. The estate of such persons as shall destroy their own lives shall descend or vest as in case of natural death. If any person be killed by casualty, there shall be no forfeiture in consequence thereof.

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