Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 (2026)
General powers
✓ current as of May 2026
The chancery court has all the powers, privileges and jurisdiction properly and rightfully incident to a court of equity.
Code 1858, § 4279 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 1); Shan., § 6088; mod. Code 1932, § 10349; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-601.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: In Re Est. of Ina Ruth Brown, 402 S.W.3d 193 (Tenn. 2013).
In Re Est. of Ina Ruth Brown, 402 S.W.3d 193 (Tenn. 2013). “§ 29-14-102 (2012), and actions for breach of oral or written contracts, see Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-11-101 , -102(a) (2009).”
Memphis Bonding Co., Inc. v. Crim. Court of Tennessee 30th Dist., 490 S.W.3d 458 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-11-101. We recognize that the power to grant injunc-tive relief is a power that courts of equity (or chancery courts) have possessed for centuries.”
LG Elec., Inc. v. Interdigital Commc'ns, Inc., 98 A.3d 135 (Del. Ch. 2014). “§ 9-5-81 (2013); Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 (2014). While they lack separate courts of equity, New Jersey maintains a Chancery division in its Superior Court and South Carolina has Masters-ih-Equity who handle equitable issues referred to them by the state’s Circuit Court.”
In Re Est. of Margie Ann Johnson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 . Further, “[t]he equitable or inherent jurisdiction of the [c]hancery [c]ourt includes all cases of an equitable nature” including “all actions for the reformation .”
In Re Nick Charles Vergos (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 (“The chancery court has all the powers, privileges and jurisdiction properly and rightfully incident to a court of equity”).”
State of Tennessee, ex rel. Gwender L. Taylor v. Ian W. Taylor, Sr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “§§ 16 - 10-101 to -112 (1994); Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-11-101 to -114 (1994); Tenn.”
John Jay Hooker v. Bill Purcell (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “” (citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 ) and that the General Assembly has determined that “election contests shall be tried in the chancery court of the division in which the defendant resides.”
Vincent Sims v. Wayne Carpenter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 grants chancery courts “all the powers, privileges and jurisdiction properly and rightfully incident to a court of equity”; Tenn.”
Tyrone Chalmers v. Wayne Carpenter (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 grants chancery courts “all the powers, privileges and jurisdiction properly and rightfully incident to a court of equity”; Tenn.”
City of Jackson, Tennessee, ex rel. v. State of Tennessee, ex rel. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “In addition, the complaint makes reference to requesting a declaratory judgment and cites only Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 et seq. W e assume that the city argues on appeal that they seek to establish jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act, Tenn.”
Donald E. Blackburn v. George Blackburn (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 . A. Declaratory Judgment “A declaratory judgment is proper in chancery [court], but only if chancery originally could have entertained a suit of the same subject matter.”
Baxter Bailey Investments LLC v. APL Ltd. Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “(establishing the general sessions court and providing jurisdictional limits), with Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-101 et seq. (providing the powers, privileges, and jurisdiction of the chancery court), Tenn.”
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