§ 66-23-101 Witnesses outside state when maker unavailable
§ 66-23-102 Witnesses within state
§ 66-23-103 One witness in state
§ 66-23-104 One witness competent
§ 66-23-105 Witnesses in another state
§ 66-23-106 Witnesses outside country
§ 66-23-107 Testimony before foreign court – Proof of handwriting
§ 66-23-108 Subpoena for witnesses
§ 66-23-109 Form of subpoena
§ 66-23-110 Witness fees
§ 66-23-111 Execution of subpoena
§ 66-23-112 Liability of witness for failure to attend
§ 66-23-113 Sheriff’s liability for failure to serve subpoena
§ 66-23-114 Proof of handwriting of maker
§ 66-23-115 Proof by handwriting of maker or witnesses
§ 66-23-116 Examination of witnesses
§ 66-23-117 Form of certificate of probate
§ 66-23-118 Certificate adapted to mode of proof
§ 66-23-119 Annexed papers when proof made in foreign court
§ 66-23-120 Facts shown in foreign certificate of probate

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 66 > Chapter 23 - Authentication of Instruments by Witnesses

  • Bodily injury: includes a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn or disfigurement, and physical pain or temporary illness or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Government: means the state or any political subdivision of the state, and includes any branch or agency of the state, a county, municipality or other political subdivision. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Harm: means anything reasonably regarded as loss, disadvantage or injury, including harm to another person in whose welfare the person affected is interested. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Insane: includes all persons of unsound mind. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Law enforcement officer: means an officer, employee or agent of government who has a duty imposed by law to:
    (A) Maintain public order. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Legal privilege: means a particular or peculiar benefit or advantage created by law. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Obtain: includes , but is not limited to, the taking, carrying away or the sale, conveyance or transfer of title to or interest in or possession of property, and includes, but is not limited to, conduct known as larceny, larceny by trick, larceny by conversion, embezzlement, extortion or obtaining property by false pretenses. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Participates: includes :
    (A) Joining a group of three (3) or more persons who riot. See Tennessee Code 39-17-301
  • Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Property: means anything of value, including, but not limited to, money, real estate, tangible or intangible personal property, including anything severed from land, library material, contract rights, choses-in-action, interests in or claims to wealth, credit, admission or transportation tickets, captured or domestic animals, food and drink, electric or other power. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Public place: means a place to which the public or a group of persons has access and includes, but is not limited to, highways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, parks, places of business, playgrounds and hallways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Riot: means a disturbance in a public place or penal institution as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 39-17-301
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Serious bodily injury: means bodily injury that involves:
    (A) A substantial risk of death. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.