Tennessee Code 7-3-506 – Injunctions and restraining orders
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-3-506
- 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.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
Injunctions or restraining orders issued by any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any ordinance, law or regulation of any metropolitan government or to restrain the violation of any ordinance, law or regulation of any metropolitan government shall not be stayed pending appeal, unless such stay is requested by motion in the court that issued the injunction and an appropriate bond approved by the court is posted. The court having issued the injunction or restraining order shall retain jurisdiction to consider such motion for a stay after an appeal has been filed. This section shall not be applicable in any proceeding where the procedure is governed by the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure or the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure.