Tennessee Statutes
§ 21-1-301 — Procedure on defendant's failure to appear
Tennessee·Title 21
If the defendant upon whom process has been served fails to appear and defend in the time required by law, the bill may be taken for confessed; or the complainant may proceed by process of contempt to compel an answer.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 4360 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 15); Shan., § 6170; Code 1932, § 10441; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-301.
Nearby Sections
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§ 21-1-101
Application to all equitable proceedings§ 21-1-102
Oaths to bills§ 21-1-103
Right to trial by jury§ 21-1-105
Appointments to serve process§ 21-1-106
Regulation of master's proceedings§ 21-1-201
Copy of bill on demand§ 21-1-202
Names included in process§ 21-1-203
Personal service dispensed with§ 21-1-204
Service by publication§ 21-1-205
Actual notice to nonresidents§ 21-1-206
Memorandum book for process§ 21-1-302
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