(a) If no sufficient legal cause of detention is shown, the plaintiff shall be discharged.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-21-122

  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The party detained shall be remanded to custody:

(1) If it appears the party is detained by virtue of process issued by a court or judge of the United States, in a case where such court or judge has exclusive jurisdiction;
(2) Where the time during which such party may be legally detained has not expired; or
(3) In every case in which the detention is authorized by law.
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