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16-15-503 - Geographical jurisdiction.

16-15-503. Geographical jurisdiction.

The jurisdiction of general sessions courts, when not otherwise provided, is geographically coextensive with the limits of their respective counties.

[Code 1858, § 4113 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 15); Shan., § 5925; Code 1932, § 10126; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-303.]