A judge of the supreme court shall be thirty-five (35) years of age; of other courts, thirty (30) years of age.
Code 1858, § 3910 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §§ 3, 4); Shan., § 5703; Code 1932, § 9889; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-101.
Cross-References. Age requirements for judges, Tenn. Const., art. VI, §§ 3, 4.
Expense accounts, §§8-26-101,8-26-102.
Impeachment, title 8, ch. 46, parts 1, 2.
Retired judges, assignment to relieve congested dockets, §8-36-806.
Salaries, §§8-23-103,8-23-104.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 566.
Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 24.10.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Judges, § 4.
Law Reviews.
Inferiority Complex: Should State Courts Follow Lower Federal Court Precedent on the Meaning of Federal Law?, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 53 (2015).
Original Meaning and the Precedent Fallback, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 105 (2015).
Rookie Year on the Federal Bench (Hon. Ronald Lee Gilman), 36 No. 5 Tenn. B.J. 22 (2000).
The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189.
Comparative Legislation. Judges:
Ala. Code §12-2-1 et seq.; §12-3-1 et seq.
Ark. Code §16-13-901 et seq.; §16-13-309 et seq.
Ga. Const. art. VI, § 7.
Ky. Const. § 117 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. §9-1-9 et seq.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.280 et seq.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-1 et seq.
Va. Code § 17-2 et seq; § 17-119.1:2 et seq.
Collateral References. 46 Am. Jur. 2d Judges § 7.
48 C.J.S. Judges § 17.