If the principal fail to give such counter security within five (5) days after the service of notice, the clerk of the court is authorized upon affidavit of the facts, to issue a writ to the sheriff, commanding the sheriff to seize and hold such property, according to the terms of the original seizure or attachment, subject to the defendant's right to again replevy, and, in case the defendant fails so to do, then subject to such disposition as the law makes of property so seized.
Code 1858, § 3669; Shan., § 5439; Code 1932, § 9601; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2706.
Cross-References. Recovery of personal property, title 29, ch. 30.