Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-4-105: Recognizances on adjournment

The clerk is authorized, in cases where the court is adjourned pursuant to § 18-4-104 , to enter forfeiture of all recognizances previously taken, for the appearance of parties or witnesses, where the parties or witnesses, on being called by the sheriff, fail to appear in pursuance of the recognizances, or to take new recognizances from such of the parties as do appear, according to law, for their appearance at the next term of the court.