Details of our city

This is an introductory post of a series that will compare our city with others. Now certain bits of technical information are rather boring. The population or average income levels will never be brought up. This series of posts will compare the utterly useless information that exists all around us.

The general sessions court meets in the Town center. Now going to court can be a frightful occasion. So the question of what to wear comes up. Here I compare a few local governments.

Nashville/Metro general sessions court dress code.

1.04 Proper Attire
All parties, including counsel and witnesses, shall dress appropriately for court.

The website for the Rutherford County general sessions court and the Murfreesboro Judicial Department have no dress codes posted.

Now with those brief, or nonexistent dress codes the question arises. What is the city of Smyrna's dress codes.

MEN
A shirt with a collar or a plain T-shirt is to be worn. The shirt is to be buttoned. There is to be no writings or designs on the clothing (except small pocket style print). The shirt is to be long enough to remain tucked in throughout the entire Court session. Pants/jeans are not to have holes in them. They are to fit properly around the waistline. They are not to be worn in a baggy or low riding manner. If the pants or jeans have belt loops, a belt must be worn. Shorts are not allowed. Clothes are to be reasonably clean.

Of course the femmes were not forgotten.

WOMEN
Dresses, skirts, jeans or pants can be worn. Dresses/skirts should be no shorter than three inches above in the knee. Pants/jeans must not have holes in them and must not be 'form fitting'. If the pants or jeans have belt loops, a belt is to be worn. Shirts or blouses must be buttoned. No midriff shall be exposed. Low cut, revealing, tight fitting tops are inappropriate. Shorts are not allowed. Clothes are to be reasonably clean.

Does this mean the other courts are lazy in defining proper clothing, or is Smyrna just "stuffy" in what is proper? That is up to you to decide.

That is a detail of our city.