The attachment may be granted by any judge of the circuit, criminal, or special court, by any chancellor or judge of the court of general sessions, or by the clerk of the court to which the attachment is made returnable.Code 1858, § 3463 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 19; 1851-1852, ch. 365, §11); Shan., § 5221; Code 1932, § 9408; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-612.
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