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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-17-907

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

If the owner does not appear and accept the amount deposited by the condemner as provided in § 29-17-904 or does not appear and ask for a trial as provided by § 29-17-905, then the petition shall be taken as confessed and the case set for hearing upon the record and in the absence of the owner.