Each general sessions court judge is vested with power to: Grant writs of attachment, returnable to the circuit court, in the same manner and to the same extent as the circuit judge; Enter up judgment by confession of a defendant to any amount within the judge’s jurisdiction in the particular case; Issue an execution in […]
It is the duty of a general sessions court judge: To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days; To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge’s term of office, all the judge’s […]
Every general sessions court judge is a conservator of the peace in the county in which the judge serves, and has authority to administer oaths when required by law, unless the power is expressly entrusted to some other officer, and to exercise such other powers as are conferred upon the general sessions court judge by […]
Each general sessions court judge is authorized to try any cause that may be brought before the judge at any time and at any place within the county, unless expressly prohibited by some positive provision of this code. Code 1858, § 4128 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, § 3); Shan., § 5940; Code 1932, § […]
A person who is subject to 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(4) and (g)(4) because the person has been adjudicated as a mental defective or judicially committed to a mental institution, as defined in § 16-15-303, may petition the general sessions court that entered the judicial commitment or adjudication order for relief from the firearm disabilities imposed […]
Judges of the courts of general sessions shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to expedite the trial and disposal of cases.
