Tennessee Statutes
§ 21-1-402 — Time decree becomes absolute without attachment
Tennessee § 21-1-402
JurisdictionTennessee
Title21
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 21-1-402 (2026).
Text
In all other cases, a decree against a defendant without personal service of process who does not appear to defend is not absolute for three (3) years from the decree, unless a copy of the decree is served upon the defendant, in which case it becomes absolute if the defendant fails to come forward and make defense within six (6) months after service.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 4379 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 22, § 1); Shan., § 6189; Code 1932, § 10460; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-511.
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 § 21-1-402, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/21-1-402.