A judgment or decree shall not bind the equitable interest of the debtor in real estate or other property until a memorandum or abstract of the judgment or decree, stating the amount and date thereof, with the names of the parties is certified by the clerk and registered in the register's office of the county where the real estate is situated.
Code 1858, § 2984 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 11, § 3; 1832, ch. 92, § 6); Shan., § 4712; mod. Code 1932, § 8047; Acts 1967, ch. 375, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 25-503.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 459.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, §§ 30, 32, 37, 74.
Law Reviews.
The Many Lives of a Tennessee Judgment Lien (Stephen M. Sumner), 20 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 31 (1984).