§ 32-4-101 Certificate that will is contested – Contestant’s bond
§ 32-4-102 Bond of legatee or devisee
§ 32-4-103 Contest in forma pauperis
§ 32-4-104 Issues – When and how made up – When triable
§ 32-4-105 Proof of will – Presumption of suspicious circumstances
§ 32-4-106 Original will lost
§ 32-4-107 Trial by jury – Certification to probate court
§ 32-4-108 Statute of limitations
§ 32-4-109 Trials upon validity of wills – Jurisdiction of courts
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 32 > Chapter 4 - Contest

  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Dealer: as used in this part , means a person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of sale, storage or delivery of liquefied petroleum gas and/or the installation of liquefied petroleum gas equipment. See Tennessee Code 68-135-101
  • Employer: means :
    (A) The state or any department, commission, institution, board or agency of the state government by which a member is paid, with respect to members in its employ. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Local retirement fund: means any teachers' retirement fund or other arrangement for payment of retirement benefits to teachers, except this retirement system, supported wholly or in part by contributions made by an employer as defined by chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Member: means any person included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided in chapter 35, part 1 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement allowance: means the sum of the member annuity and the state annuity. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Superseded system: means , where applicable, the Tennessee state retirement system, the Tennessee teachers' retirement system, the Tennessee judges' retirement system, the retirement system for county paid judges of Tennessee, the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee, the public service commissioners' retirement system, and the Tennessee retirement system for county officials, any one (1) of them, or any combination thereof. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.