Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-23-107

  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. 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.

If the witnesses reside without the limits of the state, the party desiring the probate of the instrument may procure their testimony to be entered of record in any court of record having cognizance thereof or may prove the instrument by two (2) persons acquainted with the handwriting of the person who executed the same, before the clerk or deputy clerk of some county in Tennessee.