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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 26-4-102

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The court has power to compel the discovery, and to prevent the transfer, payment, or delivery of the property, and to subject the same to the satisfaction of the judgment or decree, whether such property could, if in the defendant‘s possession or with the title vested in the defendant, be levied upon by execution or not.