Tennessee Statutes
§ 20-12-142 — Construction as remedial
Tennessee § 20-12-142
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-12-142 (2026).
Text
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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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 20-12-142, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/20-12-142.