Tennessee Statutes
§ 36-4-108 — Security for costs - Service of process
Tennessee § 36-4-108
JurisdictionTennessee
Title36
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-108 (2026).
Text
(a)The complainant, upon giving security for costs, or otherwise complying with the law, shall have the usual process to compel the defendant to appear and answer the bill, or it may be taken for confessed, as in other chancery cases.
(b)In actions for annulment of marriage, service on the defendant may be by subpoena or by publication as in divorce cases.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 2454 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 20, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 3, 18; 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 3); Shan., § 4207; mod. Code 1932, § 8432; Acts 1957, ch. 100, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 36-807, 36-834.
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§ 36-1-101
Purpose of part - Construction§ 36-1-102
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Readoption§ 36-1-107
Persons to whom this part is applicable§ 36-1-114
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Tennessee § 36-4-108, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/36-4-108.