Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-15-114

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

If the company neglects or refuses to pay any final judgment or decree rendered against it upon the recognizance, stipulation, bond or undertaking made or guaranteed by it under this chapter, from which no appeal, writ of error or supersedeas has been taken for thirty (30) days after the rendition of the judgment or decree, it shall forfeit all right to do business in this state.