Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-13-104

  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Should any such trustee or assignee fail or refuse to make settlement as required by § 47-13-103, the person performing the duties of the county clerk shall be required, upon application of anyone interested in the trust property, to issue a citation to such trustee or assignee, requiring the trustee or assignee to appear before the person performing the duties of the county clerk on a given day and make settlement as required by § 47-13-103, a copy of which citation shall be served by the sheriff or any constable of the county at least five (5) days before the day appointed in the citation for such settlement or casting of account.