Form of Inquisition

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The inquisition shall be as follows:

State of Tennessee,

County.

An inquisition held at  , in the county and state aforementioned, on the  day of  , 20 , before  , coroner of such county, upon the body of  (or a person unknown), there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereto subscribed, who upon their oaths do say: (here state, when, how, by what person, means, weapon, or accident the person died, and whether feloniously, as near as may be according to the requirements of §38-5-111).

In testimony whereof, the jurors have hereunto set their hands the day and date above.

Code 1858, § 5308; Shan., § 7286; Code 1932, § 11887; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-412.


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