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Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-5-101 (2024)

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The clerk and masters of the chancery courts are appointed by the respective chancellors and hold their offices for six (6) years.

Code 1858, § 323 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Shan., § 399; Code 1932, § 649; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-501.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–1999 · leading case: In re Appointment of Clerk & Master for Sevier Cnty., 670 S.W.2d 215 (Tenn. 1984).
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In re Appointment of Clerk & Master for Sevier Cnty., 670 S.W.2d 215 (Tenn. 1984). · cites it 3× “Thus, T.C.A., § 18-5-101, provides: “The clerks of the chancery courts are appointed by the respective chancellors, and hold their offices for six (6) years.”
Slate v. State, No. M1998-00434-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 10, 1999). “Chancellor Kilcrease and Judges Todd, Cantrell and Koch are state officers by operation of T.C.A. § 16-11-101 et seq. and T.”
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