(a) If the conditional judgment be on a forfeited subpoena, or summons, to serve as jurors, or any other obligation, the scire facias shall be so changed in form from the above as to give the parties notice of the nature of the obligation on which it is rendered.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-32-109

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
(b) It shall not be necessary to set out in full all the jurisdictional facts in any scire facias as heretofore required.
(c) When any scire facias fails to contain the necessary allegations or facts as required under § 29-32-108, it may be amended in court according to the practice in reference to amendments of other writs and pleadings.
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