Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure
INDEX

This file is organized according to the number assigned to each rule. The rules are listed in numerical order. Click on the one you require. Please read the disclaimer below.

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Rule 1. Scope of Rules.
Rule 2. One Form of Action.
Rule 3. Commencement of Action
Rule 4. Process.
Rule 4A. Service on a Defendant in a Foreign Country.
Rule 4B. Service Upon Secretary of State as Agent for Service of Process.
Rule 5. Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers.
Rule 6. Time.
Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions.
Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading.
Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters.
Rule 10. Form of Pleadings.
Rule 11. Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions.
Rule 12. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented: by Pleading or Motion: Motion for Judgment on Pleadings.
Rule 13. Counterclaim and Cross-Claim.
Rule 14. Third-Party Practice.
Rule 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings.
Rule 16. Scheduling and Planning, Pretrial, and Final Pretrial Conferences and Orders.
Rule 17. Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity.
Rule 18. Joinder of Claims and Remedies.
Rule 19. Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication.
Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties.
Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties.
Rule 22. Interpleader.
Rule 23. Class Actions.
Rule 24. Intervention.
Rule 25. Substitution of Parties.
Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery.
Rule 27. Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal.
Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken.
Rule 29. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure.
Rule 30. Depositions Upon Oral Examination.
Rule 31. Depositions Upon Written Questions.
Rule 32. Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings.
Rule 33. Interrogatories to Parties.
Rule 34. Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes.
Rule 34A.Testing of Tangible Things.
Rule 35. Physical and Mental Examination of Persons.
Rule 36. Requests for Admission.
Rule 37. Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery: Sanctions.
Rule 38. Jury Trial of Right.
Rule 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court.
Rule 40. Setting Cases for Trial.
Rule 41. Dismissal of Actions.
Rule 42. Consolidation: Separate Trials.
Rule 43. Evidence.
Rule 44. [Reserved].
Rule 45. Subpoena.
Rule 46. Exceptions Unnecessary.
Rule 47. Jurors.
Rule 48. Juries of Less Than Twelve: Majority Verdict.
Rule 49. Special Verdicts and Interrogatories.
Rule 50. Motion for a Directed Verdict.
Rule 51. Instructions to Jury: Objection.
Rule 52. Findings by the Court.
Rule 53. Masters.
Rule 54. Judgments And Costs.
Rule 55. Default.
Rule 56. Summary Judgment.
Rule 57. Declaratory Judgments.
Rule 58. Entry of Judgment.
Rule 59. New Trials and Alteration or Amendment of Judgments.
Rule 60. Relief from Judgments or Orders.
Rule 61. [Reserved].
Rule 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment.
Rule 63. Inability of a Judge to Proceed.
Rule 64. Seizure of Person or Property.
Rule 65. Injunctions.
Rule 65A.Form of Security; Proceedings Against Sureties.
Rule 66. Receivers.
Rule 67. Deposit in Court.
Rule 68. Offer of Judgment.
Rule 69. Execution; Examination of Judgment Debtor and Other Persons.
Rule 70. Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title.
Rule 71. Condemnation of Property.


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