Tennessee Statutes
§ 20-12-142 — Construction as remedial
Tennessee·Title 20
The law of costs shall be construed remedially and not as the penal law.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 3219 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 65); Shan., § 4961; Code 1932, § 9114; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1644.
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