Terms Used In Tennessee Code 38-5-112

  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

The inquisition shall be as follows:

State of Tennessee,

______________ County.

An inquisition held at ______________, in the county and state aforementioned, on the day of ______________, 20______________, before ______________, coroner of such county, upon the body of ______________ (or a person unknown), there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, who upon their oaths do say: (here state, when, how, by what person, means, weapon, or accident the person died, and whether feloniously, as near as may be according to the requirements of § 38-5-111).

In testimony whereof, the jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and date above.