Tennessee Code 40-25-127 – Taxing of costs on abandonment of prosecution
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-25-127
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
If any person commences a criminal prosecution against any individual, either by warrant from a judge of the general sessions court, or otherwise, and shall afterwards willfully abandon the criminal prosecution, the court having jurisdiction of the cause shall have power to tax the prosecutor with the costs.