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16-15-801 - General sessions courts empowered to issue execution.

16-15-801. General sessions courts empowered to issue execution.

The general sessions court that renders a judgment may issue execution on the judgment.

[Code 1858, § 3070 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, §§ 14, 16); Shan., § 4797; Code 1932, § 8928; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-601; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 53; T.C.A., § 19-3-101.]