Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-25-127 — Taxing of costs on abandonment of prosecution
Tennessee § 40-25-127
JurisdictionTennessee
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-25-127 (2026).
Text
If any person commences a criminal prosecution against any individual, either by warrant from a judge of the general sessions court, or otherwise, and shall afterwards willfully abandon the criminal prosecution, the court having jurisdiction of the cause shall have power to tax the prosecutor with the costs.
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Legislative History
Acts 1871, ch. 19, § 1; Shan., § 7613; Code 1932, §12241; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3329.
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Tennessee § 40-25-127, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-25-127.