Section 36-4-119 - Decree of court generally

If, upon hearing the cause, the court is satisfied that the complainant is entitled to relief, it may be granted either by pronouncing the marriage void from the beginning, or by dissolving it forever and freeing each party from the obligations thereof, or by a separation for a limited time.Code 1858, § 2465 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 7, 19); Shan., § 4218; Code 1932, § 8443; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-817.