In all civil causes, before the jury is sworn, the clerk shall call over the names of the jury in the panel, in the presence and hearing of the parties and their counsel.
Code 1858, § 2961 (deriv. Acts 1803, ch. 2, § 5); Shan., § 4686; Code 1932, § 8813; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1307.
Cross-References. Challenge of jurors, §§22-3-102 —22-3-105.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 25.42.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Jury, § 36.