NCJ Number
59684
Date Published
1978
Length
228 pages
Annotation
THE MANUAL PROVIDES 1978 GUIDELINES ON THE SERVICE OF CIVIL PROCESS FOR OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
THE DUTIES OF THE SHERIFF ARE DESCRIBED WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SERVING WRITS ISSUED BY COURTS. LEGAL TERMS AND PHRASES USED THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL ARE DEFINED. INFORMATION IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: LAWS, CODES, AND RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL COURTS AND PROCESS; SERVICE AND RETURNS; CIRCUIT AND CHANCERY COURTS; THE BEGINNING OF A LAWSUIT; UNITS AND PROCESSES OF CIRCUIT AND CHANCERY COURTS; GENERAL SESSIONS COURTS, THEIR WRITS AND PROCESS; PROBATE COURT, ITS WRITS AND PROCESS; THE LEVY SQUAD WHICH TAKES PROPERTY INTO POSSESSION THAT IS TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION; MISCELLANEOUS PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES; AND COURTROOM PROCEDURES. CASE EXAMPLES ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE TEXT AND AN INDEX IS PROVIDED. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS COPIES OF VARIOUS WRITS AND PROCESS MENTIONED IN THE MANUAL WITH A SEPARATE INDEX. (MJM)