(a) Where an executor or administrator has pleaded fully administered, no assets, or not sufficient assets to satisfy the plaintiff‘s or complainant’s demand, and that plea has been found in favor of the defendant, and judgment has been recovered against the defendant, to be levied on the assets of the deceased, the creditor, on the creditor’s motion, may have scire facias against the obligors in the bond, to show cause why execution should not be issued against them for the amount of the judgment.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 30-2-706

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
(b) If there is judgment against the defendants to scire facias, or any of them, execution may issue on the judgment against the proper goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the defendant or defendants.
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