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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 21-1-102

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to in the state before any judge, clerk of a court, general sessions judge or notary public, whose attestation shall be deemed evidence of the fact. Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to out of the state, before a notary public, or a commissioner for this state, whose attestation shall be accompanied by the notary public’s or commissioner’s seal of office, or before a judge of the state, whose official character shall be attested by the clerk of the court in which the judge presides.