Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-18-101

  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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

It is the duty of the judge of each circuit court to designate a day or days of the term, to be known as the state‘s day, on which to take up the criminal docket, and to dispose of criminal cases.