Tennessee Statutes
§ 21-1-301 — Procedure on defendant's failure to appear
Tennessee § 21-1-301
JurisdictionTennessee
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 21-1-301 (2026).
Text
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
15
§ 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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Tennessee § 21-1-301, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/21-1-301.