Any religious denomination, religious society, or church, whether incorporated or not, may take, by deed or otherwise, and hold any amount of acreage at one (1) place for purposes of public worship, or for a parsonage, or for a burial ground.
Code 1858, § 1508 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 110); Acts 1889, ch. 11, § 1; Shan., § 2562; mod. Code 1932, § 4407; Acts 1957, ch. 206, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-203.
Cross-References. Cemeteries owned by religious societies, exemption from certain regulations, §46-1-106.
Not for profit religious corporations, title 48, ch. 67.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 185.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Cemeteries, § 3; 6 Tenn. Juris., Charities, § 2, 21; 21 Tenn. Juris., Religious Societies, §§ 2, 7.
Law Reviews.
An Overview of the Tennessee Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, 7 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 109 (1977).