{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-20-9-302","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-302","heading":"Declaration may be read to jury","body":"In the trial of any civil suit, counsel shall be permitted to read the counsel's entire declaration, including the amount sued for, to the jury at the beginning of the lawsuit, and may refer to the declaration in argument or summation to the jury.","path":["TN Code","Title 20","Chapter 9"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"fd335ae6e727b8d4d5bd88669eeabc7d3271758086276f33b8ca4cc8085f5eb9","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-20-9-301","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-20-9-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}