21-1-806 - Attachment without service of decree. - Tennessee Statutes

21-1-806. Attachment without service of decree.

If the defendant in execution keeps out of the way or absconds, so that a copy of the decree cannot be served upon the defendant, or if the defendant evades receiving the decree, an affidavit of that fact, and that a copy of the decree was tendered the defendant, or left at the defendant's last place of abode, shall authorize the issuance of the attachment without actual service of the copy.

[Code 1858, § 4480 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 22); Shan., § 6297; Code 1932, § 10590; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1211.]