Tenn. Code § 38-5-112

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 38-5-112 - Form of inquisition

The inquisition shall be as follows:

State of Tennessee,

______________ County.

An inquisition held at ____________________, in the county and state aforementioned, on the ____________________ day of ____________________, 20____________________, before ______________, coroner of such county, upon the body of ______________ (or a person unknown), there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, who upon their oaths do say: (here state, when, how, by what person, means, weapon, or accident the person died, and whether feloniously, as near as may be according to the requirements of § 38-5-111).

In testimony whereof, the jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and date above.

T.C.A. § 38-5-112

Code 1858, § 5308; Shan., § 7286; Code 1932, § 11887; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-412.