Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-14-108

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

The jury will then proceed to examine the ground and may hear testimony, but no argument of counsel, and set apart by metes and bounds a sufficient quantity of the land or property for the purposes intended, and assess the damages occasioned to the parties interested or affected by the property taken.