Tennessee Code 2-19-136 – Grand jury witness immunity
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 2-19-136
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
When any person, without such person’s contrivance or procurement, is sent as a witness before the grand jury and is examined before them touching offenses under this chapter, no person against whom such person’s evidence is given can afterwards be used as a witness against the person when on trial for an offense under this chapter committed previous to the person’s being examined as a witness as aforementioned.