Article I. Declaration of Rights

Article I, Section 27

Constitution of the State of Tennessee

Official text

That no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner prescribed by law.

Source: Tennessee Blue Book 2025-2026 (Tennessee Secretary of State)

In plain English

In peacetime no soldier may be quartered in a house without the owner's consent, and in wartime only as the law prescribes.

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