Tennessee Code Title 26. Execution § 26-3-114

If unable to obtain satisfaction of the debt before the officer is bound by law to return the execution, the officer shall return the execution and bond together, with a proper endorsement of the facts, and thereupon an alias or pluries execution, as the case may be, shall issue against all parties, with endorsements showing the amounts paid upon any former execution, and specifying the amount for which the sureties are bound, if less than the unsatisfied balance.