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Tennessee Statutes, Title 16

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Title 16, Courts

16 chapters · 353 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 16353 Ch 15, Courts of General Sessions78 Ch 3, Supreme Court72 Ch 2, Judicial Divisions and Districts28 Ch 16, County Courts23 Ch 10, Circuit and Criminal Courts22 Ch 18, Municipal Courts — Judges22 Ch 1, General Provisions21 Ch 11, Chancery Courts20 Ch 4, Court of Appeals15 Ch 22, Drug Court Treatment Act of 200314 Ch 5, Court of Criminal Appeals12 Ch 19, Mental Health Treatment Act of 20228 Ch 6, Criminal Justice Veterans Compensati…7 Ch 20, The Victim-Offender Mediation Center6

15 sections·Filtered byTitle 16✕Ch 4✕

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-101 Establishment
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There shall be an appellate court composed of twelve (12) judges, styled the court of appeals.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-102 Election and qualifications of judges — Oaths
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(a) The court of appeals shall be composed of twelve (12) judges, of whom no more than four (4) shall be residents of the same grand division of the state. Immediately preceding appointment, each judge shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, shall have been a resident of the …
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-103 Tenure and compensation of judges
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The tenure of office is eight (8) years, and the judges shall receive compensation as fixed in § 8-23-103.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-104 Organizational meetings — Rules
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At the first meeting of the court after the regular judicial election, the members of the court shall choose the presiding judge of the court of appeals and adopt rules of practice; and the presiding judge shall, on the request of a majority of the members, call meetings thereaft…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-105 Presiding judges

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The entire court shall have one (1) presiding judge, chosen by the members of the court, and, when sitting in sections, each section shall at all times have a presiding judge to be chosen by its members.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-106 Clerks and marshals

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The clerks and marshals of the supreme court shall also be the clerks and marshals of the court of appeals, and shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities and receive the same compensation as are prescribed by law.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-107 Expenses

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The expenses of the court of appeals shall be paid out of the state treasury, upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-108 Jurisdiction — Venue

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(a) (1) The jurisdiction of the court of appeals is appellate only, and extends to all civil cases except workers' compensation cases and appeals pursuant to § 37-10-304(g).(2) All cases within the jurisdiction conferred on the court of appeals shall, for purposes of review, be t…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-109 Number of judges necessary to decision

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(a) When sitting in sections of three (3) judges each, the concurrence of two (2) of the judges shall be sufficient to determine all matters coming before the section; and such action, without more, shall have effect, in all respects, as if the entire court of appeals had partici…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-110 Process

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The court of appeals, and the individual members of the court, are given power to grant writs of error, certiorari and supersedeas in cases within the jurisdiction of the court, such writs to be returnable to the court of appeals in the division in which they arose, and the pract…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-111 Effect of judgments

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The court of appeals is a court of record, and its judgment shall be executed as provided in the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-112 Concurrent sessions

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The court shall sit in sections concurrently as ordered by the presiding judge in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, for the purpose of hearing and determining cases before it and for such length of time as may, in the judgment of the court, be required for the dispatch of the bus…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-113 Sitting in sections — Assignment of judges

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In order to expedite the trial and decision of cases, the court of appeals, when the court deems it advisable so to do, is authorized and empowered to sit in sections of three (3) judges each, at Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, to hear and determine cases just as though all twe…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-114 Transfers between grand divisions

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(a) Any case on the docket of the court of appeals, in any grand division, in which any member of the court residing in that grand division is disqualified to participate, upon order of two (2) of the judges residing in the grand division where the case is pending, may be transfe…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-4-115 Rules of appellate procedure govern

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The procedure on appeal in the court of appeals shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.