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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-13-112

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

The chancery court or the court having the jurisdiction of the monthly county court is empowered, upon suggestion and proof of the death, resignation, or removal beyond the limits of this state, of any trustee named as such in any deed of trust conveying realty or personalty as security for the payment of debts or other obligations, to appoint and qualify a trustee in lieu of the trustee dead, resigned, or removed as aforementioned.