The repeal of a statute does not affect any right which accrued, any duty imposed, any penalty incurred, nor any proceeding commenced, under or by virtue of the statute repealed. Code 1858, § 49; Shan., § 61; Code 1932, § 12; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-301.
The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, and then it shall also be excluded. Code 1858, § 48; Shan., § 60; Code 1932, § […]
If provisions of different titles or chapters of the code appear to contravene each other, the provisions of each title or chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject matter of that title or chapter. Code 1932, § 13; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-303.
Words used in this code in the past or present tense include the future, and the future tense includes the present. Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter, except when the contrary intention is manifest. Singular includes the plural and the plural the singular, except when the contrary intention is manifest. Code […]
As used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires: “Age of majority” means eighteen (18) years of age or older; except that when purchasing, consuming or possessing alcoholic beverages, wine or beer as those terms are defined in title 57, “age of majority” means twenty-one (21) years of age. This subdivision (1) shall not […]
All words giving a joint authority to three (3) or more persons or officers, give such authority to a majority of such persons or officers, unless it is otherwise declared. Code 1858, § 58; Shan., § 69; Code 1932, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-306. Law Reviews. An Examination of The Tennessee Law of […]
The Roman numerals and Arabic figures are to be taken as part of the English language, and are always sufficient to express dates and amounts, unless otherwise imperatively directed by law. Code 1858, § 53; Shan., § 64a; Code 1932, § 17; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-307.
For the purposes of construction, the provisions of this code insofar as they are substantially the same as existing law relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as continuations of and substitutes for the previously existing law repealed by § 1-2-104. It is not the purpose of this code to change the effect […]
Headings to sections in this code and the references at the end of such sections giving the source or history of the respective sections shall not be construed as part of the law.
It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences and parts of the Tennessee Code are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them shall be exscinded if the code would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective. If any one (1) or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts shall for any reason […]
Certified mail may be used instead of registered mail whenever the law requires a notice to be given by registered mail.
In all statutes, rules and regulations enacted and/or promulgated by the state, its departments, agencies and institutions, wherein the term “total blindness,” that is, unable to distinguish between light and dark, is used or referred to, hereinafter, the term “legal blindness” meaning a person having not more than 20/200 with correcting glasses but with a […]
Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older shall have the same rights, duties, and responsibilities as a person who is twenty-one (21) years of age, except as provided in subsection (b) relative to the rights to purchase, possess, transport, and consume any tobacco, smoking hemp, […]
Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older shall not be prohibited from entering into any profession or from performing any services on the basis of such person’s minority.
The provisions of chapter 612 of the Public Acts of 1972, reducing the age limitations from twenty-one (21) years of age to eighteen (18) years of age in §§ 23-1-102 [repealed], 23-1-107, 34-1-106 [repealed], 34-2-201 [repealed], 34-3-412 [repealed], 35-7-102 [repealed], 36-1-102, 36-1-105 and 57-4-203 and the definition of “minor” in § 1-3-105 shall not be […]
Except as provided in subsection (b), references in this code to the federal censuses of population or brackets based on such censuses shall be deemed references to or based on the population figures contained in Volume 13 of this code, or its replacement volume which are reproduced from publications of the United States bureau of […]
All references in Tennessee Code Annotated to “Korean Conflict” are hereby amended to read “Korean War.” All references to “Korean Conflict” included within the official publications, communications, memoranda, letters, public records, legal documents and all other official records of the State of Tennessee shall be deemed to read “Korean War” on April 13, 2000.
Notwithstanding any rule, regulation or other law to the contrary, a high school diploma awarded by a school as defined by § 49-50-801 or § 49-6-3050 in recognition of completion of secondary educational requirements shall be considered by all departments, agencies, commissions or other such entities of state and local government as having all the […]
In order for legislation enacted by the general assembly to create or confer a private right of action, the legislation must contain express language creating or conferring the right. In the absence of the express language required by subsection (a), no court of this state, licensing board or administrative agency shall construe or interpret a […]
Beginning April 1, 2014, in all cases where a public notice or legal notice is required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, the newspaper shall for the same price post the complete notice: On the newspaper’s web site, where it shall be published contemporaneously with the notice’s first print publication and will […]
