Tennessee Rules of Civil
Procedure
INDEX
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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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