Uniformity of application and construction

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed does not apply to this chapter. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 440,s 1, eff. 1/1/2018. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed does not apply to this chapter. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 440,s 1, eff. 1/1/2018.