Terms Used In Tennessee Code 38-5-104

  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

The jury of inquest shall consist of seven (7) jurors who shall be summoned by the coroner and be sworn by such coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where and by what means that person died, and to render a true verdict on the death, according to the evidence offered the jurors or arising from inspection of the body.