The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, and then it shall also be excluded.
Code 1858, § 48; Shan., § 60; Code 1932, § 11; Acts 1965, ch. 203, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-302.
Compiler's Notes. This section may be superseded in part by Tenn. R. Crim. P. 45 and Tenn. R. Civ. P. 6.01.
Cross-References. Computation of time for election purposes, §2-1-115.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 78, 773.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 51; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, § 73; 23 Tenn. Juris., Time, § 1.
Law Reviews.
1985 Tennessee Survey: Selected Developments in Tennessee Law, 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 337 (1986).