Tennessee § 40-4-101 Preliminary proceedings

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§ 40-4-101 — Preliminary proceedings

Tennessee § 40-4-101

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-4-101 (2026).

Text

Judges of the courts of general sessions are authorized and empowered to:

(1)Make the preliminary examination and bind over the reputed father in bastardy cases;

(2)Summon a jury of inquest in cases of death by accident, as provided in § 38-5-103 ;

(3)Issue a warrant for a prisoner escaped from jail;

(4)Examine persons arrested for a crime;

(5)Bind a defendant over to court if probable cause be found; and (6) Take bail in bailable offenses brought before the judges.

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Judges of the courts of general sessions are authorized and empowered to: (1) Make the preliminary examination and bind over the reputed father in bastardy cases; (2) Summon a jury of inquest in cases of death by accident, as provided in § 38-5-103 ; (3) Issue a warrant for a prisoner escaped from jail; (4) Examine persons arrested for a crime; (5) Bind a defendant over to court if probable cause be found; and (6) Take bail in bailable offenses brought before the judges.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 4970 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 16, § 1; 1741, ch. 14, §10; 1777, ch. 8, § 9; 1817, ch. 100, § 1; 1825, ch. 36, § 4; 1831, ch. 4, § 1); Shan., § 6931; Code 1932, § 11470; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-401; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 58.