Constitution · Tennessee

Tenn. Const. art. I, § 8

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Constitution of Tennessee
Text as of
October 2026

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That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.

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