Tennessee Statutes
§ 21-1-304 — Procedure after commitment
Tennessee·Title 21
If the defendant is committed for contempt, the complainant may proceed with the action as if the bill had been taken for confessed, the allegations being taken as in all respects true. But, in that case, all further proceedings for the contempt shall cease, and the court, or the judge of the court, may discharge the defendant from custody.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, §§ 4366, 4367 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, §§ 15, 20); Shan., §§ 6176, 6177; Code 1932, §§ 10447, 10448; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-307.
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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