Terms Used In Tennessee Code 25-3-116

  • 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.

The motion against the deputy sheriff may be made in any court, having jurisdiction of the amount, in the county in which the bond was executed or in which judgment has been recovered against the principal for the default of the deputy, or in any county in which the deputy, or any one (1) of the deputy’s sureties, may reside.