Terms Used In Tennessee Code 25-3-131

  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

On the trial of any of the motions provided for in §§ 25-3-122 – 25-3-134, the plaintiff shall produce the instrument creating the suretyship, or a certified copy thereof, and a copy of the record showing the recovery of judgment.