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  1. Constables may execute attachments returnable before general sessions judges, and in cases where the defendant is about to abscond or remove.
  2. This chapter and chapter 7 of this title in relation to the duties of attaching officers embrace constables whenever they are authorized to serve attachments.

Code 1858, § 3496 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 25, § 1); Shan., § 5256; Code 1932, § 9447; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-631.

Collateral References. Attachment 223.