Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-13-211 — Description of instrument destroyed or withheld
Tennessee § 40-13-211
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-211 (2026).
Text
When an instrument which is the subject of an indictment has been destroyed or withheld by the act or procurement of the defendant, and the fact of the destruction or withholding is alleged in the indictment, and established on the trial, the misdescription of the instrument is immaterial.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 5132; Shan., § 7095; Code 1932, § 11640; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1812.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 40-13-211, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-13-211.