Tennessee Code 21-1-701 – Powers of clerk and master

The clerk and master may, at the clerk and master’s office:

(1) Receive and enter on the rules the suggestion and proof of a party’s death, and order and issue the necessary process to revive;

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Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

(2) Make orders for publication against defendants in cases in which publication is allowed in lieu of personal service;

(3) Take bills for confessed, and set aside the orders pro confesso, upon good cause shown and the filing of a sufficient answer;

(4) Appoint guardians ad litem for infants, upon its being made to appear, by affidavit, that they have no general guardian;

(5) Make orders for the taking of depositions, where those orders are necessary; and

(6) Open causes for proof, on good cause shown, after they have been set for hearing, in the same way the chancellor might do.

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