It is the duty of a general sessions court judge:

(1) To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 16-15-402

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge’s term of office, all the judge’s official books and papers, according to law; and
(3) Not to sign a warrant or summons or any other leading process, attachment or document until written out in full.
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