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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 20-12-138

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

In all civil cases, when motions are made against the successful party for costs accrued at the successful party’s instance, and that cannot be collected from the other party, five (5) days’ written notice of the time and place, and the court before which the motion is to be made, shall be given to the defendant in the motion.