21-1-808 - Habeas corpus on purge of contempt. - Tennessee Statutes

21-1-808. Habeas corpus on purge of contempt.

The court, or a judge of the court in vacation, may, in such case, grant a habeas corpus, and discharge the party, if the party purges the contempt, upon such conditions in respect to the party's compliance with the decree as the judge thinks proper.

[Code 1858, § 4482 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 23); Shan., § 6299; Code 1932, § 10592; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1213.]