§ 21-1-807. Commitment for Nonperformance of Decree
In attachments for the nonperformance of decrees, no bail is to be taken, but the party shall be committed to jail, there to remain until the party performs the decree. Code 1858, § 4481 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 23); Shan., § 6298; Code 1932, § 10591; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1212.
§ 21-1-808. Habeas Corpus on Purge of Contempt
The court, or a judge of the court in vacation, may, in such case, grant a habeas corpus, and discharge the party, if the party purges the contempt, upon such conditions in respect to the party’s compliance with the decree as the judge thinks proper. Code 1858, § 4482 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § […]
§ 21-1-602. Evidential Value of Answer in Discovery and Where Oath Not Waived
A sworn answer in chancery, when required by a bill of discovery or when the oath to the answer is not waived, shall have no more weight or effect in evidence than the deposition of the defendant filing the answer.
§ 21-1-701. Powers of Clerk and Master
The clerk and master may, at the clerk and master’s office: Receive and enter on the rules the suggestion and proof of a party’s death, and order and issue the necessary process to revive; Make orders for publication against defendants in cases in which publication is allowed in lieu of personal service; Take bills for […]
§ 21-1-702. Entry of Proceedings by Clerk and Master
Rules, notices, orders and other proceedings in a cause, made with or by the clerk and master, shall be entered by the clerk and master in a well-bound book, to be kept for that purpose, each entry to be made in order and with the correct dates attached. Code 1858, § 4417 (deriv. Acts 1801, […]
§ 21-1-703. Time of Proceedings
The rules, notices and proceedings described in § 21-7-702 shall be made at the rule days, unless otherwise authorized by this code. Code 1858, § 4418; Shan., § 6230; Code 1932, § 10513; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-903.
§ 21-1-704. Insertion in Rule Docket
All rules or orders taken at any one (1) court shall be inserted in the rule docket by the first rule day that is more than twenty (20) days after the term. Code 1858, § 4419 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 12); Shan., § 6231; Code 1932, § 10514; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-904.
§ 21-1-705. Rule Days
Each day of a regular, special or adjourned term of the court of chancery, and also the first and third Mondays of every month in vacation, is a rule day. Code 1858, § 4421 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 365, § 2); Shan., § 6233; Acts 1921, ch. 163, § 1; Code 1932, § 10516; T.C.A. […]
§ 21-1-706. Notice of Proceedings by Clerk
The clerk and master shall give to the opposite party, or the opposite party’s solicitor, notice of any rule, order or other proceeding taken at the clerk and master’s office, affecting the party. Code 1858, § 4423; Shan., § 6235; Code 1932, § 10520; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-906.
§ 21-1-501. Incompetency of Judge
In all cases in equity, if the judge is a party, is directly interested in the suit, is connected by blood or affinity within the prohibited degrees with any person so interested or is incompetent as having been of counsel, the venue may be changed to the nearest chancery court, as the case may be, […]