Nothing in this part shall deprive the clerk and master, or the court, of the power of granting to the defendant, upon good cause shown, further time within which to file answer.
Code 1858, § 4368 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 15); Shan., § 6178; Code 1932, § 10449; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-308.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 157, 634.