Terms Used In Tennessee Code 38-5-105

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The coroner may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable immediately, or at the time and place as the coroner may appoint, and may enforce witnesses’ attendance and punish for contempt and other causes, in like manner as a court of general sessions in a state case.