Terms Used In Tennessee Code 16-15-723

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

The proceedings after the issuance and service of attachment and on the trial and enforcement of the plaintiff‘s claim, are the same as if the suit had been commenced in the ordinary way, the rights acquired by the attachment being governed by the provisions of this code regulating attachments.