by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee
Averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or avoided. Averments in a pleading to which a responsive pleading is required are admitted when not denied in the responsive pleading, except that the following...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee
In pleading to a preceding pleading, a party shall set forth affirmatively facts in short and plain terms relied upon to constitute accord and satisfaction, arbitration and award, express assumption of risk, comparative fault (including the identity or description of...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee
(a) When Taken.(1) In General. A party may move that a prospective witness be deposed in order to preserve testimony for trial. Any such motion may be filed at any time after the defendant’s initial appearance before a magistrate and after the defendant has been...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee
A party shall state in short and plain terms his or her defenses to each claim asserted and shall admit or deny the averments upon which the adverse party relies. If the party is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of an...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Tennessee
(a) Severance Motion.(1)Timing.(A) By Defendant. A defendant’s motion for severance of offenses or defendants shall be made before trial, except that a motion for severance may be made before or at the close of all evidence if based on a ground not previously...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Tennessee
A pleading which sets forth a claim for relief, whether an original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, shall contain: (1) a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief; and (2) a demand for judgment for...
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